Home improvement weekend got to see some smokers

[Poppy]

That’s what old guys do… blah blah blah. Back in my day… bla blah bla…

I is one! Hahaha

 

[Poppy]

Is it tasty? Probably to die for…

 

[herrubermensch]

Really tasty. I mean, with many Italian dishes, they’re either good or they’re not. There’s no in between. These are always perfect. Linguine in clam sauce–to die for.

 

[Poppy]

No good italian joints around us. A handful of New York style pizzerias with standard calzone stromboli pizza menus. They’re good but not linguine with clam sauce good. We got an Olive Garden but i was extremely underwhelmed. Been once and that was it.

 

[John]

Love Italian , whaddya gonna order?

 

[John]

Olive garden is a let down

 

[John]

I can eat veal parm all day, any kind of pasta is good in my book,at any time a day.

 

[JB_rD81]

Here’s the meatloaf, @Poppy and @Bigmurph… pepper Jack stuffed and infused with crown royal… 4 hours at 225 and it will be done

 

[Bigmurph6]

Looks great

 

[JB_rD81]

I just realized I forgot to put the rub in when I was mixing it up, damnit… we’ll see how it turns out

 

[Bigmurph6]

Ahhh wtf that sucks

 

[herrubermensch]

I’m thinking meat canneloni with marinara as the main course. Some sort of meat-stuffed pasta dish. Yum.

 

[Poppy]

Pepper jack infused meat loaf. Probably excellent I’m sure

 

[Bigmurph6]

Well I got some work in today but the rain came back and I wasn’t going to make anymore mix if it was even almost going to rain so I prepped everything today tomorrow I will knock it out weather permitting

 

[JB_rD81]

Well, I never posted the meatloaf yesterday… took about 5 hours, and you could definitely tell I forgot the rub, I’m pretty fucking pissed at myself… whole chicken and chicken breasts today.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Looks good to me but I understand.

 

[Poppy]

What would the rub have done?

 

[JB_rD81]

Flavor… the whiskey and onions and pepper Jack do a little, but with beef you always need at least salt garlic and pepper… then you can add things like paprika, cane or brown sugar, fennel or celery, cayenne or red pepper… just helps bring out the flavors in combination with the smoke… the sugar gives a crusty bark