Trying to get the right mix of fun and accomplish will always be a challenge, especially when you are trying to get things done that are never on your list. Ah, so much is life.
On Sunday I was able to get the Big Green Egg fired up right away right after church. My goal was to create a very intense smoke flavor for the salmon. Not too much, but I think the last two times I under smoked them a bit, not that I minded much, but it nice to play around with the flavors. I soaked four big chunks of alder wood and two smaller pieces. I was able to get the temperature locked at around 180 degrees pretty quickly. I lobbed two big chunks of alder on the charcoals and put the salmon on a pizza tray on the grill. About every hour or so, I threw a couple of more chunks until the end about 4 hours later it was nicely done. Great taste and I happy with the results.
I went over to my sister in laws house to watch some football as the Brett Favre lead Vikings destroyed the Cowboys pretty handsomely and the family took the time to make fire starters. The process they have developed is to melt down candles they find at rummage sales, then take cupcake liners and have them filled with potpourri and sawdust, which the wax is then poured over them. Repeat several hundred times and you have fire starters. Kathy's sister uses them to start fires in her fireplace, they work quite well for that purpose.
After this was completed we played some games and had dinner. All fun and excitement. But it was late and we had to get back home. On the way out Kathy slipped on some ice and tumbled down the steps and landed hard on her bum and elbow. She will survive but was in some pain. Being the wonderful husband I took the day off to help her today with some errands.
Today was nice as we did our errands and ended up at the Mall of America to get some exercise in while walking around. We did a little shopping around after and headed home. For dinner I cranked up the grill again to grill some bacon and make some bread on the grill. It turned out so nice, we had a salad with the bread.
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