IHSH-326
Orslow Fatigues

Patiently waiting for the wife to finish trying on a couple things, so we can get home for NFL Kickoff Sunday...

Back on that pizza grind..

Did a margherita, a Rosa (stolen from Bianco), a New Yorker (from Gemignani), and a Carbonara (stolen from the Internet). Wife's favorite was the New Yorker (as always, not sure anything will ever beat that for her). And mine might have been the Carbonara...first time we tried it, and I really liked it.

Strapped up, and beach vacation ready...

Spent some time in Jackson Hole last week, and was able to get in a hike at Grand Teton. Didn't see any moose or bears, but still had many beautiful views.

A little sun on my morning walk.

(Ignore that unscrewed crown...bad job by me. I remedied it as soon as I noticed it after taking this photo)

Was going to do a low effort brisket yesterday for the Masters today. But when at the store in the morning, found they had pork butt on super sale...so ended up grabbing one of those too and moving things to an offset.

About seven hours in...

All done, and just before putting her to bed in the warmer for the night. Not the prettiest picture...black chunks of meat in terrible light are hard to capture, but I'll try to remember to grab some pics when I slice into her later today.

Been in the game a while, but never got around to attempting sausage. Finally gave it a go today. Just did a fresh sausage, no curing or cold smoking...baby steps. Turned out great, had fun, and feel much more confident in the process now. On to the full shebang next time.

Doing a decent size cook for my parent's Anniversary Party tomorrow, so a good excuse to use the big boy.

Fresh on, earlier this afternoon:

The last check, about 7 hours in:

Cooker just cruising along:

Ribs and turkey will probably go on later tonight, so it's gonna be a long one. But I love it, so no complaints.

The sausage education continued this weekend. Since I do a lot of Texas style BBQ, felt like I had to attempt a jalapeño and cheddar link. Turned out pretty good, and learned some things along the way.

Freshly stuffed:

Mid Cold Smoking:

Bringing them up to temp after the cold smoke:

Fin:

All this pizza talk inspired me to fire up the pizza oven on a cold winter night yesterday. Glad I did, all the pies hit the spot.

@Denimhead-0 Happy to hear this. I just happened to pick this up on a pretty decent sale last weekend. Haven't cracked it open yet, but now I'm really looking forward to it.

@Mizmazzle A, all day

@sophisto000 Insane.
If I remember right, they opened the documentary with how things ended up...so you knew what you were working towards. But the entire series was a wild ride, and I was still baffled wth all the things going on.

@Matt We watched that one last year. A truly wild ride.

@Brock Oh ya, you definitely need caddies for the five big courses. There are a decent amount of shots where you have no idea where to hit to. And when you can see, it really helps when they can give you a more specific aim point to help set up your next shot. And most of the greens aren't too terrible to read, but it was definitely helpful to have their guidance on putts, as well.

We had two guys that had played all the Bandon courses before and they were highly considering skipping the caddies this time around, but ended up using them. Granted they played the courses five years ago, but after using them again this time, both said they felt that the caddies were still necessary and would have been lost without them.

@AdamJ @guiltyparty It truly was. And the crazy part is the pictures really don't do it justice.

Magical place.

Finally made it out to Bandon for the first time last week...absolutely amazing. It was pretty foggy for our first round the afternoon we arrived, but after that, the weather was entirely perfect. And if one foggy round was the only "bad" part about the weather...not sure I'll ever get so lucky with weather if I ever go back.

It definitely took some planning to make it out there, but it was totally worth it, and can highly recommend it to anyone who may be thinking about it!

@Nobunaga said in Wonder Looper:

@Denimhead-0 Fit looks great. I got the same two colors. I highly recommend the other ELS slub shirts.

Can confirm, the ELS (standard) are easily my favorite WL shirts...weight, texture, softness, fit, etc are all perfect for me. I'm just missing the Ecru color...but thats because I have about 300 white shirts already. I'm sure some day I'll convince myself Ecru is different enough and order one of those too.

Haven't tried the dyed version yet, but I reckon one of those might make it into my Ecru order when that day comes...

@Denimhead-0 Best show on TV, right now.

@Brian Ha, ya there is a wide variety of games out there...many can feel like you're going to a second job with how brain burner-y they can be.

If you liked that one, you might also like "Hot Streak". That might be considered Magical Athlete's older, slightly more serious, brother. Still goofy and fun, but the players have sliiiiiightly more agency. You are betting on who will win a race (and the racers are sports team mascots)...nothing overly complicated at all...and still fun for the family with lots of laughs.