Over the past two weekends, SO and I have been busying breaking in the new smoker where the mission is to duplicate our favorite BBQ joint meats at home. Last week it was chicken wings and jalapeno poppers; this week it was Baby Back Ribs:
Looks good, huh? I rubbed the rack the night before and let the rub sit on the ribs overnight.
Now, what you can't see is that it is raining a little bit and technically, the smoker is not supposed to be out in the rain. Since it wasn't a full out rain, we decided to create a tent for the smoker:
And too bad you can't hear my rendition of "The Cookshack" sung to the tune of "Loveshack"...
The ribs turned out really well! 4 hours at 225 degrees. No BBQ sauce needed!
Also, over the weekend, we rescued some items from the evil clutches of the antique malls:
My big splurge was the quilt -- it's red work from 1930 -- in perfect shape with beautiful needle work. We are going to wash it and luckily, there are minimal tears or threadbare areas. I always look at old quilts and have a few already. I always see something I like when we go out but I never buy. Since I've never seen any full sized perfect pieces done in red work, I took the plunge. I also found some old, hand carved knittig needles. SO got a jar -- we've been hunting jars heavily recently. I knew when I saw this one, it would capture his fancy.
And...to my great delight, we found a teriffic yarn store and I bought a few things there:
As you can see, it was a good weekend or the fulfillment of certain quests; however, many quests are still active and we acquired a couple of new ones -- now, we are hunting a pair of old ski poles and dying to find a bargain on the book, "The Principles of Knitting"...Oh, and getting ready to smoke a salmon and waiting for that side of beef to come from the butcher...
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