tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577072516892213656.post7131498972440487796..comments2013-07-20T21:38:50.556-04:00Comments on Living in a boot: We Love Rome.Penn & Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03311472278226365215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577072516892213656.post-74287390071373845652009-03-02T14:48:00.000-05:002009-03-02T14:48:00.000-05:00(...and then pasted here)I smoked two Boston butts...(...and then pasted here)<BR/><BR/>I smoked two Boston butts (pork shoulder, 6 lb. each) for Andy's birthday yesterday : up at 5:30 : clean out the smoker and get it ready : start the fire : butts on at 7:00 : hold temperature between 200 and 260 degrees : 6 hours later Kit shows up... he's moving into his new apartment (900 Cathedral St. - Apt. 410 - Baltimore, MD - 21201 - one- and a-half blocks from his office) : had to move the smoker to help him load up the Passat and G'ma's van with the "Office Armoire" we gave him from the living room... and since it weighs one quarter of a ton, he needed help : butts come off the smoker and get wrapped in foil to steam in their own vapors for a couple of hours while I drive to Baltimore and try to avoid doing serious bodily damage moving a quarter-ton piece of furniture into an apartment (a size 10 foot into a size 4 shoe) : small but lovely apartment and the solution for the desk armoire? It will double as a computer cabinet and dining table. Tight space problem solved. : Back home again, no bodily damage : Pull pork and have enough to feed Washington's troops at Valley Forge : just finishing dinner and the Chikes family rings the doorbell : they're just coming back from Gabe's brother's wife's step-cousin-in-law's (once removed) funeral in PA dressed to the nines (we look like homeless people and I smell like firefighter} : then things get loud : Aidan is fascinated to be up so long after his bedtime with the atmosphere so electric with the human voice : and that's the news from the pond in Ashton where all the women are excellent, the men smoke meat and the children... are a blessing. PS : At 3:52 am I wake up like a shot 1. because I am a little over-fed on BBQ and 2. I look outside and it is snowing, which, in and of itself would lull me into a long winter's nap, but realizing I've left the cast-iron and easily rustable smoker alone in the driveway, dripping in pork fat, I arise and tend to business... namely, clean-up which lasts until 6:30 am, whereupon I colapse on the couch and sleep until well after the sermon, a most excellent one, I'm sure. Sorry that Skyping was a bust but I DID LOVE seeing your bright and sonsie faces so much! Love you!chazglenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777907307201736597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577072516892213656.post-83959210005467059432009-03-01T13:28:00.000-05:002009-03-01T13:28:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.chazglenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777907307201736597noreply@blogger.com