2006 BBQ season approaches - Page 2

seakdivers · 03-09-2006, 08:33 PM

I just canned about 20 pints of homemade BBQ sauce.... it's good. My husband caved in and is buying me a Big Green Egg, which is a BBQ/ smoker. I've been heavily suggesting that I need one for quite some time, so it's no small miracle that I am getting one. I'm ordering all the supplies I need to get my patio/ outdoor kitchen set up, and I've restocked all of my Dizzy Pig spices (look 'em up - they are freakin' fantastic)....

Soooo come on Spring!!! I'm ready for 24/7 BBQing!!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-11-2006, 09:15 AM

Don't forget to order the bacon brittle.

richlevy · 03-11-2006, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Don't forget to order the bacon brittle.

Well, I have put maple syrup on sausage links, and they now have maple flavored sausages, so I guess it was the logical extension.

The PA Dutch would love it.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-11-2006, 03:32 PM

And maple cured hams.

seakdivers · 03-11-2006, 07:52 PM

We're having these for dinner tomorrow (along with a fat prime rib roast, but who cares about that?)

zippyt · 03-11-2006, 08:22 PM

And in the next photo you hear KEEEYAAAA !!!!!! and parts of kitty go flying accross the room !!!!!

Just kidding

Whens dinner ?????

seakdivers · 03-11-2006, 08:27 PM

I was waiting for the cat to get his ass handed to him, but the crabs were pretty sedate. Dungeness crabs get a lot angrier, but Kings will just sit there and silently hate you.

BTW - dinner is at 6:30. Be there.

zippyt · 03-11-2006, 08:55 PM

BTW - dinner is at 6:30. Be there.

I SOOOOO wish i could be there !!!!!

richlevy · 03-12-2006, 04:33 PM

I have to ask. Since a lot of crabbing is done in Alaska, are they cheaper there? Can you set your own traps without licenses?

BTW, I thought they didn't get red until after boiling/steaming.

kgg · 03-12-2006, 05:16 PM

Sometimes we can get crab and fish REAL cheap right off the boats here. Man! What a free-for-all. Live crab is cheaper than already dead.

seakdivers · 03-12-2006, 07:37 PM

Richlevy - yes, you can set your own traps here. We regularly set ours in the summer about 4 hours North of town. The crabs we're having tonight were commercially caught out of our area - much further North than we would go. We bought them for $6.00 a pound, which came out to $85.00 for the two we got. They are golden king crab, but the ones we get locally are reds. King crab gets a bit redder as it cooks, but it doesn't change color as much as the dungees that go from purplish brown to bright screeching orange when cooked.
Here's a pic of my nephew with a red king - you can definitely tell the difference between them and the goldens.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2006, 07:50 PM

What % of the weight is edible for the Reds and Goldens?

seakdivers · 03-13-2006, 07:42 PM

Bruce - I would have to say about 60 - 70% or so. They weighed about 7lbs each when they were live, and I would guess that once cleaned they weighed about 5 lbs.

Gawd they were good!!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2006, 07:50 PM

Oh sure....go ahead....rub it in.:p

seakdivers · 03-14-2006, 11:20 PM

Hooooolleeee crap!! I thought it was BBQ season, but we got a freaky temperature dip yesterday. It's 3 degrees right now, and with the wind chill it's something like -10 !!
On the off chance that you are curious or are completely bored, you can call 907-747-8633 and it will give you the local time & temp for Sitka.

Brrrrrrr. it's like I live in Alaska or something.

03-11-2006, 09:15 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't forget to order the bacon brittle. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-11-2006, 03:32 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And maple cured hams. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-11-2006, 08:22 PM	#6
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	And in the next photo you hear KEEEYAAAA !!!!!! and parts of kitty go flying accross the room !!!!! Just kidding Whens dinner ????? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-11-2006, 08:55 PM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	BTW - dinner is at 6:30. Be there. I SOOOOO wish i could be there !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-12-2006, 04:33 PM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I have to ask. Since a lot of crabbing is done in Alaska, are they cheaper there? Can you set your own traps without licenses? BTW, I thought they didn't get red until after boiling/steaming. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

03-09-2006, 08:33 PM	#1
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I just canned about 20 pints of homemade BBQ sauce.... it's good. My husband caved in and is buying me a Big Green Egg, which is a BBQ/ smoker. I've been heavily suggesting that I need one for quite some time, so it's no small miracle that I am getting one. I'm ordering all the supplies I need to get my patio/ outdoor kitchen set up, and I've restocked all of my Dizzy Pig spices (look 'em up - they are freakin' fantastic).... Soooo come on Spring!!! I'm ready for 24/7 BBQing!!

03-11-2006, 07:52 PM	#5
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	We're having these for dinner tomorrow (along with a fat prime rib roast, but who cares about that?)

03-11-2006, 08:27 PM	#7
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I was waiting for the cat to get his ass handed to him, but the crabs were pretty sedate. Dungeness crabs get a lot angrier, but Kings will just sit there and silently hate you. BTW - dinner is at 6:30. Be there.

03-12-2006, 05:16 PM	#10
kgg A Friend Indeed Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Issaquah Posts: 42	Sometimes we can get crab and fish REAL cheap right off the boats here. Man! What a free-for-all. Live crab is cheaper than already dead.

03-12-2006, 07:37 PM	#11
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Richlevy - yes, you can set your own traps here. We regularly set ours in the summer about 4 hours North of town. The crabs we're having tonight were commercially caught out of our area - much further North than we would go. We bought them for $6.00 a pound, which came out to $85.00 for the two we got. They are golden king crab, but the ones we get locally are reds. King crab gets a bit redder as it cooks, but it doesn't change color as much as the dungees that go from purplish brown to bright screeching orange when cooked. Here's a pic of my nephew with a red king - you can definitely tell the difference between them and the goldens.

03-12-2006, 07:50 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What % of the weight is edible for the Reds and Goldens? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2006, 07:42 PM	#13
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Bruce - I would have to say about 60 - 70% or so. They weighed about 7lbs each when they were live, and I would guess that once cleaned they weighed about 5 lbs. Gawd they were good!!

03-13-2006, 07:50 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh sure....go ahead....rub it in.:p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2006, 11:20 PM	#15
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Hooooolleeee crap!! I thought it was BBQ season, but we got a freaky temperature dip yesterday. It's 3 degrees right now, and with the wind chill it's something like -10 !! On the off chance that you are curious or are completely bored, you can call 907-747-8633 and it will give you the local time & temp for Sitka. Brrrrrrr. it's like I live in Alaska or something.

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