Born again Texan!!!

[airhead]

OK, I\'ve let everyone know exactly where to find the best BBQ in the world. Don\'t all go there at once, because they can only seat about 20.

Now, could someone teach me how to use the \"U2U\" feature? All I seem to be able to do is put a name in the send box and hit send.

Maybe if I wasn\'t such an airhead, I could do this by U2U and not derail so many threads or let out the secret location of the world\'s best BBQ.

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by TwelveMilesOut
You little states have all the best restaurants . It\'s just not fair, dammit! The best we can do up here is Salmon, and that\'ll get tiresome really fast. Caribou and Moose are poor excuses for meat in the first place and you guys feel you have to tease me with BBQ stories?

Hmm - perhaps we could arrainge to ship you some Mesquite wood to BBQ the Moose over - or to get the true flavor of the old west we could send up some cow chips -

 

[TwelveMilesOut]

oooohhhh...... :drool:. Of course, I couldn\'t return the favor unless you needed Ivory or Baleen for some kind of project.

Using mesquite on something as repellant as moose would ordinarily be a shameful waste, but I suppose it could be considered an culinary experiment. I\'d bet serious money it hasn\'t been done up here before.

 

[airhead]

$$$ By Jove, I think you\'re onto something:

Mesquite smoked moose BBQ

:flip:
You\'ll have them lining up around the block.

 

[TwelveMilesOut]

Maybe if we were giving away the only reasonable beverage to go with mesquite moose (illegal to sell it, but you might be able to give it away). 75% of the people up here live on cereal and peanut butter sandwiches.

Poirot said \"The English do not have cuisine, they have food.\" The Inuit don\'t even have food, they just eat things.

 

[Sand Rat]

Hmm, now my interest is piqued - what about doing half a moose roasted on a spit? Or better yet, buried (yeah, I know most of the ground up there is frozen, but this might take some planning is all) in a pit full of hot rocks?

Can\'t be any worse than working with a superannuated dairy cow or some of the little dogs with horns we call deer down here, could it?

 

[TwelveMilesOut]

The permafrost would be less of a problem than the water table at the moment. You wouldn\'t need to bury it more than a few inches below ground to have the desired effect, right? The heat of the rocks would probably melt the permafrost into mud.

The spit would need to be made of something interesting, I\'d think. Moose get to be about 1400 lbs. up here...you\'re the metallurgist, what would you use to hold that up?

Basically, it would be exactly the opposite problem as cows or deer. Not only are the beasts bigger than they have any right to be, but arctic moose meat somehow manages to be both greasy and dry ???. I don\'t know how it manages to pull it off, but there you go.

 

[Sand Rat]

Hmm, I think a pit might be the answer then - steam the hell out of the beast.

As for a spit I\'d go with a standard one for half a cow or a buffallo - both of them run 1200-1500 lbs on the hoof and about 800-1000 lbs dressed (the things I could do with 400-500 lbs of buffalo) about 3 inches in diameter and about 8-10 foot long made of STEEL - staninless if I could get it.

And actually I\'m a tech wonk - only a part time metallurgist, and most of that has to do with how to apply precise amounts of lead at long distances -

 

[Dedwrekka]

And actually I\'m a tech wonk - only a part time metallurgist, and most of that has to do with how to apply precise amounts of lead at long distances

Is that why you work tech at a cell phone company, learning how to apply lead from miles away.

 

[mule]

Originally posted by steelcult (the things I could do with 400-500 lbs of buffalo)

That would keep me fed for days

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by Dedwrekka

And actually I\'m a tech wonk - only a part time metallurgist, and most of that has to do with how to apply precise amounts of lead at long distances

Is that why you work tech at a cell phone company, learning how to apply lead from miles away.

Nope - do that to pay the bills - but I\'m considering joining a ACW gun battery down here - then I can really spread the joy. lol

 

[dauber22]

Okay, so I\'m back in NY state after my visit to Texas. I survived it in \"relatively\" one piece. Would have checked in earlier but:

1) Busy trying to catch up at work. I just hate when work gets in the way of my surfing

2) I, uh, can\'t sit down for long periods of time, which also gets in the way of my surfing. Had a slight mishap while in Tejas. I was helping Dedwrekka and his brother move some stuff and fell out of the back of a Cowboy Caddilac (pickup). I\'m now a variety of interesting shades of black, purple and blue on my right side from about mid thigh to a quarter of the way up my back. Luckily, nothing seriously injured, just lots of serious bruises and scrapes. I do believe I scared the living shiest out of Dedwrekka and his brother when I went tumbling out though .

Well, just had to check in and say hi! Been missing everyone. Hopefully by next week I\'ll be able to sit better and can catch up on things here.

 

[Sand Rat]

Sure, you fell -

 

[Dedwrekka]

It was strange how he managed to hurt himself falling out of a truck, but never when he used to do paratroopers out of his car when he was in collage. His collage stories are now my sole inspiration for gong to collage, that and chicks, beer and chicks. Though all of us here are glad he\'s okay.

 

[Sand Rat]

Hmm, sounds like all the BBQ slowed him down a bit.

I guess you loose your tolernece for good bbq just like any other mood altering substance.

 

[vincegamer]

When he said he couldn\'t sit down for long after all that Texas BBQ talk I was thinking along a different track

 

[Sand Rat]

Yup, you\'re a lawyer Vince - mind is in the right place and all. lol