Tax Time Nears. Plans for Next Years in the Works.

And many of you should know by now my plans to build my competition smoker trailer I guess is safe to say now since I know I hadn't mentioned it yet, only to have said it wasn't going to be stationary. Oh, well that's another story, one that very soon will be updated here. But you knew that already, so just what is it I have you here for now.



The dishes I plan to bring you, I'm planning to have my hands on every aspect, from Farm to Dinner Table, if you will. My plan is to grow my own vegetables to harvest, bring in some livestock, different varieties mind you not just chicken, this is just a start.

Fired Up The Grill

This is not necessarily the second step, just a judgement call to place it here.

It's in the Sink Thawing right now.

A 9lb pork picnic shoulder. In a couple of days time it will be headed to the grill, you know, where I got the fire. Items purchased this date to complete this meal are charcoal, starter fluid, and both Hickory and Mesquite wood chunks. Tonight I have to work it's my next double day, so when I get home what will be Saturday Morning, it'll be time to marinate, upon which time I will post video with marinade recipe. Once I build my smoker this will be my competition style produced meat. One that after my vacation this year unless we got plans to just travel to certain Travel Destinations which would  be a nice change of pace. I've already told an established steak house dining facility, when I'm in the house, they will know it as I provide for them EXPOSURE. You may see me use the term exposure an awful lot, to me that exposure is my Associations, which ironically is my other page http://www.no1duzitbetta-magical-meals.blogspot.com/. My passion for food runs deep and I'm spreading that message across the Internet, when ready, via the post office, items of 70lbs. or less, so please only 1 baby suckling pig per order, by request of  @DaGrillWitDatFya, which is so laughyaassofffunny. Why? you ask, cause it ain't even on the menu yet, but it is where I want to go.
Okay, I keep mentioning where I want to go, I think it's time I explain myself some. This may be your first time seeing this information or if you've followed me to this point and you've put 2 and 2 together, then know that I have a worm farm. The reason being, first and foremost is to grow my own vegetables, lower my overall grocery bill enabling me to pour in more of money to the cuts of meats it is I am planning to bring. One item could've mentioned in my last post is a pressure cooker for canning the veggies and making available for sale. If you haven't seen my wigglers in action then know the produce I procure is going to be nothing short of amazing. Everything I will grow, will be everything the worms have eaten in there 2 1/2 year existence in my world. Precise, deliberate moves, all to bring you what's nice in the world of foods.

I Never Met a Chicken I Didn't Like

Yesterday I brought you footage of another family and fan favorite,  and the beginning step of of what I call my defining moment, of where I was sure I was heading with this venture. If the title of the post doesn't make it stand out the meal once again deals with chicken. You know how many different ways there are to make a chicken, that's one lengthy subject, one I'm happy to say I have extensive knowledge in. On http://www.youtube.com/ this very moment,  they are having technical difficulties on some level, when I can video will be posted. You can go there and search oughdahinge, video not yet titled... that's the technical problem they face at the moment. Soon I will integrate to still images, as soon as I can invest in a Memory card for my JVC Everio, that I obtained because of the Bond my granny left me. But that in itself is a whole nother story... some of you have prolly seen a time or two. When posted, and you see the steps I go through to prepare this meal, the one thing I want you to notice is the mimicry I use in the building of my flavors, and the prep performed to get the desired final results.

Chicken 2 Ways

With skills in rare form this day, the moment I thought of it I knew my wife and I were in for a treat. Just home from work I set the chicken out to thaw, then later butterflied some put on the marinade, prepped the grill and my hickory wood chunks and began the waiting game. Both recipes will be posted at a later time probably within the next 24 hrs. No later than 48.

Grilled T-Bone Steak Salad w/Feta Cheese

1 head of Romaine Lettuce cut into bite sized pieces
2 cups packed Spinach leaves
1/4 Red onion julienned length wise
4 slices bacon, cooked crumbled
4 radishes sliced
1 cucumber peeled and sliced
2/3 cup cherry tomatoes halved
2/3 cup shredded cheddar-jack cheese
2/3 cup Feta cheese
1 1/2 cups baby carrots chopped
1/3 cup Red Wine vinegar
1 grilled T-Bone sliced against the grain

Optional Toppings: Texas Toast Crutons Garlic and Butter Flavored
Club Crackers
Walnuts
Dressing of your choice(I tested with both Hidden Valley
Ranch, and Krafts' Tangy Tomato Bacon)

Taking an Idea and Tweaking it

With tax time just around the corner, and Springtime(as if that really matters, to a PRO that is) in the air, even though, as is evidenced by the date above, it is by all means Winter, an unusually warm Winter, but Winter nonetheless... what are your COOKOFF er, cookOut expectations for the up and coming grilling season that is 2010. With plans to go on vacation: 1) Get the family van tuned up. 2) Get those much needed tires(before the other 3 burst(I think this just became a HoneyDoList). 3) Purchase TOM TOM. 4) Plan vacation with special stop before returning home. Task three and four will be easy, considering we'll be goin' where we've been, and that Special Stop, I already know where the family wants to go, night before we leave set TOM TOM wake up and head to destination Cedar Point, somewhere- North Ohio. DTTBD
The reason for this post is to let you know that at said tax time I plan to purchase materials to build my cook space that will consist of 4 55gallon drums. Fresh thought: I think I'll take my next 3 days off to research welders, for the results you can follow here. Original plans are for finished product to be a stationary cook space, but as I've stated previously, I want to share my tasty creations with their artful-flares, with the world... that stationary shit's for the feeble minded. The welder will come into play when barrels are set, to tweak the inside a bit. I'll keep you posted and update you a few weeks in advance to Cedar Point. Then you can set your weekend to be there or have someone stop by for you. Meal yet to be planned. I ain't about to build this BIG BASTARD for nothin', I'ma have food for purchase... keep following I'm sure to whet ya appetite. And if you don't come to try my wife's potato salad, well then this whole idea is your loss, I ain't playin' I know what it taste like. For a price you should want to also. BYOLR.

Where My Plans are to Take Me

I want to feed the nation, I've started locally, by cooking for special events at work(I'll accept this task 100% of the time), some of you know, and for those that don't, let me stress the issue, "I WANT TO BRING MY FAMILY DINNERS TO YOUR TABLE!!" I'm steady branchin' out to different corners of the Internet:break for a few to gather me another BBQ chicken sandwich I just made... Okay I'm back. To those who know I ain't playin' when I say this sandwich is bangin', I've garnered high remarks for my Souls Inspirations, taste I want to share with the world. My wife just ran a couple of sandwiches to my mother-in-law, Susan, and just got that "TASTY" text, as I finished off my 2nd go round. If you plan to visit http://www.tomorrowsdinneris.ning.com/, on the main page one of the first things you'll see is a paypal link that is set and raring to go... the link is ready only in need of some item updates and the kitchen, well the kitchen lacks every item to be sold... I'm a small operation lacking any capital, if only desire could fund and equip the goals and aspirations, I'd be sittin on top of the world.
That's where the idea for the next part of the idea comes in to play... with the final concept to reduce my overall grocery bill as is evidenced by the action I've taken in purchasing the start up of my own worm farm. You can view these results via http://www.youtube.com/ searching tomorrowsinneris. With plans to purchase at least 2 more bins this tax time, the only resource from here I lack is a means to actually ship out the finished product that is the vermipost. However I am close to finding a suitable enough container(plastic bags) from what I believe a reputable online company in bio-bags, at http://www.e3living.com/