Absorbine_Sr

Happy Belated to my Illinois Homie! I hope it was an awesome day.

Debbie made Vivian Howard’s tomato pie tonight. Al made one a couple of weeks ago. Tomatoes, caramelized onions, basil, fontina and parmigiana reggiano. We had it at her restaurant a couple of years ago and loved it. Ours turned out very good with awesome flavor. Couldn’t stop eating it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday sir! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Babybacks on the Weber kettle with the Slow 'n' Sear and apple wood at 225 (or so) for 4 hours. Maybe pics later.

So, how was it?

Is that the Vivian Howard recipe? We had that straight from the source, her restaurant. It is very very good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Texted Raffy. He said that he is fine and waiting for the power to come back on. Vicki posted on FB that she is safe. Raffy also thought Carl was ok. Al, any word from Gene?

Just texted Raffy. He is finishing up preparations. Filled him in on Gene and Vicki. He said Baker is in Portugal on vacation.

All the best brother Steve. If you find there is something you need, don't be humble. Let us know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This.^^^ Steve texted Debbie with essentially the same info. Glad to hear that his mom's home is safe. If we hear any way we can help we'll post it, or if Al or Shel or others hear, let us know. We all want to help our brother.

Shelly's cousin Hurricane Harvey is wreaking havoc over the Texas gulf coast. I just wanted to share that we have been in contact with Shel and Steve and both are ok. Steve moved inland and is going to try to get back home today to assess any damage. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dammit Matt.

Debbie made linguini with puttanesca sauce. Yum! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Filet's with an orzo salad. Steaks were in the water bath for 90 minutes @ 126F, then seared on the Weber over the Slow n Sear for about 30 seconds on each side. Neither of us were fond of the orzo salad. If we do it again it will need major tweaking. But the steaks made up for it. Tender as they get. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy birthday my friend! Enjoy the marathon!!

Signed up for SONY Playstation Vue to hopefully replace Dish Network for our TV viewing pleasure. Dish has gone to hell with their latest software update, and frankly their cost is pretty insane. PS Vue is less than half the price, and we get 90% of our normally watched channels including local CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox channels. Unlimited cloud DVR with 28 day show retention. We're running it on a Gen 4 Apple TV downstairs and an Amazon Fire TV in the bedroom. The guide is weird, but we'll get used to it. We are on a 5 day free trial so we'll see how it goes.

So, after a 6 hour slow cook, decent results for a first try. I had to mess with temp quite a bit, and eventually removed the TTT and continued with just the slow n sear. We also discovered that St. Louis ribs may not have been the best choice. But in the end we had good bark, a decent smoke ring and smoke flavor. Not a bad first outing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First off, it's a pig. Debbie's brother lives in St. Louis. He raised it from a pup.

First run with the Weber, Slow n Sear and tip top temp. St. Louis ribs seemed a safe choice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ate at one of Stephanie Izard's restaurants tonight with Debbie, two of her sisters and her brother-in-law. Restaurant is Girl and the Goat. Chef Izard is a James Beard award winner and Iron Chef. All of the following were shared plates and we ate too fast to get pics of the onion focaccia with house made giardinera and house made Caesar dressing. Roasted beet salad Wood fired oysters Squash blossom crab Rangoon (best we'd ever had) Goat chorizo flatbread Roasted shishito peppers Beef tongue with masa chips ( dedicated to my Dad who loved beef tongue. Tonight's was tender and delicious) Tempura soft shell crab with corn Escargot ravioli. So bloody delicious. Pig Face! (It's under the egg. And fucking awesome!) Blueberry bourbon baba Caramel corn and malt balls. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Happy Birthday Justin! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I usually stagger after the joints... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday replacing the deteriorating wood decking with composite. Thanks to my bro-in-laws for doing 80% of the work, the deck lives again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Birthday Shell! Enjoy! Avoid battery acid! (Feel free to tell me to fuck off) Seriously, have a great day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk