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What with St. Patrick’s Day coming up in less than a month, the grocery stores and meat markets here on the Jersey Shore are already loading up the meat cases with corned beef briskets and rounds.
Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 usually takes care of the brisket and he typically cooks it in the pressure cooker or slow cooks it in the crock pot. While we were heading into the seafood department this afternoon, A&M College of Texas Ring ’42 noticed a particularly nice corned beef brisket in the case and told me, “You know we should really try out a new recipe for corned beef this year and we can give it a trial run today in the “new” 1940s Griswold No. 8 Tite-Top Cast Iron Dutch Oven that we bought at the antique store.” It sounded like a good idea to me so I threw the brisket into the grocery basket and stopped by the produce section to buy some baby potatoes, onions, celery and carrots.
Once we got home and into the kitchen, A&M College Ring ’42 bellowed out, “Let me loose, I’m taking charge here!” This, of course, meant that he wanted me to take him off of the leather strap he usually wears around my neck and free him up to let him get “hands on” with the preparation and cooking of the brisket. The first thing A&M College Ring ’42 had me do was take the brisket out of the packaging and put it in a large bowl of cold water to soak so he could get as much of the salt brine out of the brisket as possible. He had me soak it for several hours and change out the water frequently while he supervised.
After the brisket had soaked for a couple of hours, A&M College Ring ’42 then had me put it on paper towels and blot it dry. When he was satisfied that it was sufficiently dry, he had me fire up a large cast iron skillet to med-high and add a tablespoon of oil to the pan. When the pan was good and hot, he directed me to sear the meat on all of the sides for a minute or two. “This,” said A&M College Ring ’42, “will seal in the delicious flavor and moisture.”
Now that the brisket was nice and seared on all sides, Aggie Ring had me put it into his “new” cast iron dutch oven with the fat cap on top. Then, he meticulously had me thinly slice a lemon and remove the seeds. He had me cover the fat cap with the lemon slices and a variety of spices and peppers and a bay leaf or two. Hell, Aggie Ring even had me throw in a handful of dried red peppers. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to use the peppers and he just replied, “I’m Aggie Ring damnit. I can do whatever I want and this is how I roll! Grab your equipment ‘Camera Boy’ and take a photo of me and ’84 on top of this beautiful piece of culinary art.”
After we’d spiced the brisket, Aggie Ring had me pour in two pints of Guinness to bring the level of liquid in the dutch oven to the top of the brisket’s fat cap. Now, this is where things got strange today. At the liquor store which was next to the grocers, I was just going to get two cans of Guinness because I knew that would be more than sufficient for cooking the brisket. When Aggie Ring ’42 saw that I was just going to just pick up two cans from the shelf he became annoyed and shouted out, “Hey! Dumb Ass… Get the 8-pack!” “But…” I replied, “Two cans is all we need.” Aggie Ring scoffed at this and said, “I want to be safe, just get the 8-pack so we don’t ‘run out.’” I did as he asked because no one wants to be around an angry Aggie Ring. As we were heading out of the liquor store, I thought to myself, “If only our former Texas A&M Waggie friend Martha C. Langford were here with us. She has family counseling experience and would certainly be able to help Texas Aggie Rings and I out with liquor store decisions.” Just as we were about to go out the exit, Aggie Ring ’84 noticed the big Tito’s Vodka display and yelled out, “Whoop! Hey Tito, stay sexy!!!” You need to understand that both Tito’s Vodka and Aggie Ring ’84 were made in Austin, Texas at nearby factories.
Aggie Ring ’42 decided that, for this brisket, we were going to cook it long and slow in a very low 175° oven for anywhere for 8 to 12 hours. After I put the cover on the dutch oven and transferred it into the oven, Aggie College Ring ’42 looked at the remaining six cans of Guinness and said, “Well, dumb ass… I guess you were right. We did only need two cans of stout. Then, Aggie Ring ’42 paused for a moment or so and said, “That Guinness isn’t going to stay fresh in those cans forever, now you’re going to have to drink your mistake!”
And thus, another day in the life of a couple of typical Jersey Shore Aggie Rings goes by.
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Our Daily Challenge 12-17 August: Style.
If he can afford the vehicle and the insurance he can afford the fine for parking in a loading bay.
I missed a close-up of the obvious joy on the traffic warden's face!
We had a local Pizzeria owner who ALWAYS parked directly outside his premises on double yellow lines and settled the fines monthly at the court. All very well, but the traffic often backed up round the obstruction he caused.
Nowadays his limo would be towed or lifted away.
Opening the trunk of a van.
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This Logging Truck is pulling SEVEN loads of logs out of the Thompson River drainage in Western Montana.
In the early '70s Claridge Trucking had the task of haulling Anaconda's logs from up to 100 miles away to the rail head at Thompson Falls. They were able to successfully haul multiple loads down the private Anaconda Logging road to the landing.
This video was provided by Michelle Veach Ferrel, grand daughter of Floyd Veach who was the dirver of this truck. Hauling seven loads earned him recognition in the Guiness Book of World Records.
During this time it was not unusual to see multiple loads on this road. 3, 4, or 5 loads were common. Floyd Veach pioneered hauling SEVEN loads. He did this more than once.
Seen loading at Bridgwater Bus Station is the smallest Solo in the fleet.
Bridgwater Bus Station - 2015.
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Figured I'd do an "at 16" layout for the landmark prompt. Have done a few of these over the years and love looking back at them. I have so few photos of my kids now compared to when they were little! She takes selfies constantly, but makes faces if I point a camera at her.
Hasselblad. Tri-X@250. Developed in HC-110, 1:64, 11.5'. Printed on Ilford MG-IV RC paper, developed in Photographer's Formulary 130. Scanned on my cheap copier, printer, scanner.
Near Flagstaff Arizona.
Day 1
Used an app and a photo I purchased from Shutterfly to make this quick LO that quickly tells my story. First time I've used an app to scrap with.
Case W24C Loader with Onsite clearing parking lot near Drivers Village. www.dailydieseldose.com for more!
I tackled two adventures today - examining something closer and using new products. I didn't have any enlargements of our trip to the Harry Potter studios to scrap, so took a photo of my eldest standing in front of a wall of wands (Ollivander's exhibit) and a tight shot of the display of all the wands used by the main characters in the books to talk about how surprised I was to realize just how many wands there were in the books. I also used two sheets of MY newest supplies which are from Shimelle's Glitter Girl collection.
Process video can be viewed at youtu.be/Py8Bofv_nXw
A bunch of local log truckers got together to do a charity run for a dying friend. The best part was that Toad got to drive his truck in to town-at the head of the 28 truck convoy!
I'm proud to say that I was a part of it. With the donations from the loads, a free will offering afterwards and a charity auction we raised $28 000 for his family!
Day 4 shows the variety of “play” relaxation activities I totally enjoy - variations of childhood activities: draw; paint; read; see; knit; make up stories, walk, etc.
these photos came to mind almost immediately as needing no more words than the title.
the design is from a layout in my favorites from last LOAD...by DaniNYC who, i believe, lifted it from carrie.knabe. so, thanks guys, for your great pages. and ones on which nothing more needs to be said.
Still working on the wedding album from my son's and DIL's wedding last May. This fit the detail prompt and close up pictures of some of the special items of the day.
Pacific National loading wheat at Yarrawonga, Victoria.
Later in the evening XR557 & BL26 will set off for Inverleigh near Geelong.
Tuesday 27th September 2022.
A Maggie Holmes scraplift from the Kelly P Sketchbook class.
I tried to pick bright summery feminine papers and embellishments. i am thrilled that i was able to do a decent job of lifting Maggies style that uses lots of stitching with no real stitching....lol
Loading at London Victoria for Belfast via Stranraer on 14 July 1984 is this Leyland Tiger/Duple Caribbean of Western Scottish, new the previous month.
A barge carrying coal passes beneath the Taylor-Southgate Bridge over the Ohio Rive that links Cincinnati and Newport, Kentucky. It was moving faster than I initially thought it was.