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I take a leave a absence an yall change the place completly! Take me awhile ta get used to it, but it looks perty nice! Haven't done much smokin the past year (er much a anythin fer that matter) cause life just been one disaster after another. I'm hopin that soon the worst will be over an...

Well folks, she decided to arrive at 08:13. Get this: 10lbs 3ozs! 22.5 inchs long! Big feet like grandpa! Kylie Vivian She don't look so big there! She just as sweet as she can be!

Well, took some a my homemade pepperoni an Mahogany Bacon an made homemade pizza fer supper! Was very tasety!

ta the end. Well, wen't an seen doc taday. Some of ya may er may not know, I'm a diabetic. He started me on insulin, just at night fer now, but we gotta work on the dosage. I guess I been lucky, been on pills fer over 9 years an got buy, but it's advanced ta the point they won't do it no more...

Well, was a busy fathers day, workin lots an did a big smoke. Here be some Pepperoni Sticks stuffed inta some 19mm casins. Next step be the smoker. Here they be outa the smoker. This batch didn't last long an the recipe be bout perfect, guess I'll be doin some more this weekend! Also did...

A town a few miles away from us gots a genuine junk store, never know what yer gonna find there. Been goin fer years, always find sumtin whether er not I really need it. Taday yielded two old gas cans, a heat lamp fer the chicken coop an this! Now we can make our own tortilla's! I paid a...

Well, was midnight when fianlly got it outa the smoker. That door is sure raisin cane with the temp control! The cooler it got last night the harder it was keep my temps up. Got em done anywho. Outa the smoker an inta a cool shower an ready fer the ice box. Here be on a the big sticks a...

Well we had our Easter dinner taday, everbody could make it that way, an I can use a day a rest before goin back ta work! Spent most a the day yesterday cuttin fire wood an got a perty good jag on the trailer. Gonna keep me busy, got bout 2 er 3 cord a wood ta cut at this place. We did a fried...

Here be one a several what got smoked (an ran over I might add!) this weekend. Our own special blend. Been popular. After a two week cure, rinsed an ready ta smoke. After a nice long smoke. Oh, an a crash! Cooled an sliced. Waitin ta be vac bagged. The whole lot was sold out, got bout...

Well that big picnic finally be done! Turned out perty nice really. Good bark an smells really nice. Pulled. It's perty tastey, totally different then any other pulled pork I've made. I can't really describe it, it's sweet, some good apple taste, an yet...........I don't know, just very...

Well Used ta be Cool took a serious hit taday. Well lets start at the beginin. Youngest boys break line broke on his truck, so, dear ol dad takes the new car trailer over an picks up the truck. Get it back ta our house, while I'm puttin the truck an trailer away, the boys decide ta get started...

Bought a picnic fer cheap taday, bring it home get ready ta mix up my injection an find I'm outa apple cider, one a the big items in my injection. What ta do, wanna smoke this thing tammarraw, sooooooo.......I replaced the apple cider with some apple pie shine! Walla, drunk picnic! Rubbed er up...

Well, we've lost lots a snow, nearly 50° taday. Sun shinin, so decided ta start a project. I'm buildin a new smoke generator outa an old 30 lb lp tank. Got some long term ham smokin (3 day long ones) projects comin up an wan't a generator that I don't have ta baby sit all the time. Prolly...

OK, it's done, perty good flavour but I'm gonna cut back on the mace an the white pepper in the next batch. This en got some bite to it! Has good texture an the flavour will be better in the next batch I think. Diffenetly gonna do some more but with a bit a tweakin. __________________

Been busy refurbin some old family recipes, onea em I found is called Bologna Sausage. My understandin is, it was created ta use up leftover meats. Basically it be: Lean Beef Smoked Fatty Ham Lean Pork Mace White Pepper Sea Salt Garlic Powder Bay Leaves Cure #1 The original recipe didn't use...

Anybody got a WAG bout what this is? It's a Salometer, used fer testin the salt strength of a brine er cure. If yer gonna do a strictly salt cure, ya gotta have one a these. Much more accurate then just measurin er even wieghin yer salt. Had one an it got broke. Took a long time ta...

Been a hankerin fer some jerky lately so tadays the day. Took 3 pounds ground beef an added in some a my bohemian (Garlic) sausage seasonin an heres what we got so far. On the dehydrator. Post some more pics when there finished up. __________________

Did some spare ribs taday, been awhile. Got em done despite a wicked headache. Ma sure enjoyed em fer supper. Tossed some sausage in there ta smoke while I was at it. __________________

Had a hankerin fer some beef ribs lately, found a sorta decent package an despite a killer headache, got em smoked up taday. __________________

Smoked up some colby jack an motzerella taday. Didn't come out very dark but smells great! It's vac bagged an bloomin in the fridge fer a couple weeks. With used ta be cool operatin we can do cheese right now! __________________

OK folks here's a headsup fer yall. I just got a phony paypal email sayin my account was limited an it gave a case number an looked real good. Before I did anything with that I checked my credit card account an there ain't nothin wrong there. Checked with paypal an no problem there. Sent them a...

Well folks its a balmy 17 below zero taday with a 100% chance of pork butts. Taday's smokin report was brought ta you by Hiemy's diner, grain mill, mortuary an byproducts co. Our motto "We'll feed ya till ya die"! So it's a nother brisk day here in the holler, had a pork butt layin round so...

Sometimes folks wan't an old style lookin sausage to give as gifts. So I started playin round a bit on some summer sausage I was doin fer New Years. Netting one needs ta be tighter, or get the Hukki type casin (but thats expensive!) the tied one came out real well. Bit time consumin but does...

Well, here's what I got outa taday's smoke in Used ta be Cool: Stuffed an ready ta smoke. After the smoke. I sure like the mahogany color these get in the smoker. Sellin like hot cakes lately! Nearly all that is ta fill orders. __________________

Well it's upta -20° so I'm headin out an start the smoker. Got sausage to do today an a butt. Beautiful clear sky an the snow sure does sparkle. If they guys in the little white jackets come an get me, please send smoked foods ta the nut ward will ya?