Recent content by DoItMyself

Imagine becoming a supercentenarian. This lady lives in the town near dad's farm and I've seen/spoken to her in town a number of times. You'd never know she was 110 years old-she's in better shape than a lot of 90 year olds...

Not any more.

Tonight it was my smoked ribs. After 5 hours on cherry smoke and drizzled with some spiced rum. Then they rest FTC* for a couple hours where they continue to slightly cook and all the juices migrate back to the meat. Then I finish them on the grill with some homemade barbeque sauce...

These guys are getting ready to go into the smoker for a few hours. 4 hours on apple wood at 220 degrees, and then an hour's rest before they get finished on the grill.

Remember who they were? "The quality goes in before the name goes on" "Nothing sucks like an ___________________" "_____________, the San Francisco Treat." "_____________, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking." "Look ma! No cavities." "What do you want-good grammar or good taste?" "It...

We have a fantastic trail system here in Iowa-the rails to trails project has taken abandon rail lines and converted them to bike trails. Not only is the ride great, but there are wonderful reminders of the past all over, including stone mile markers and whistle crossing signs. The trail we...

Tonight it was my smoked whiskey ribs. 2 slabs of ribs smoked for 4 hours at 200 degrees. Then the ribs are taken off smoke, put in foil, doused in whiskey, and put back in the smoker (sans smoke) for a couple more hours. The alcohol flashes off, and leaves the ribs tender and the complex...

I remember when I was a kid, on occasion I received a gift from my grandparents. I never asked them for something, but what they gave was from their heart. The couple of items that I still have (one is an old radio) hold special memories because they were gifts from my grandparents and not...

It has an awful lot of stuff that I'll never use, but it seems to do a pretty decent job.

No-I don't believe in ghosts.

What do you do when you try to take pictures of your beagle and he sticks his tongue out and blows raspberries at you?

Beautiful picture! I rather like winter. I enjoy the solitude, and there are times when mother nature presents some real winter beauty.

Or should I say a scam call from the "IRS tax crimes division". "Investigator" Newman (with his very heavy accent) told me that they were in the process of putting out a warrant for my arrest because of unpaid taxes. However, I could make things right by sending them a prepaid credit card with...

Radios looked like cathedral windows, had advanced features such as a tuning eye, had up to 3 bands (BC, SW and Police), and took a couple minutes to warm up? And clocks were wound with a key once a week? I must really live in the past.