Man, I felt a sense of relief when I read you have a Traeger. Always feel like I’m cheating/taking the easy way out with mine. Hope to get a fermenter for sausage from Santa to expand my game on that front…been doing mostly whole cuts in my curing chamber.
Thanks for the inspiration, I really enjoy sake…perhaps I will give to a go once I bottle my latest mead.
Sep 20, 2022·edited Sep 20, 2022Liked by Hank Shaw
Sorry to hear about the seriousness of “the wheel,” but do look forward to reading about how it turns…. All the best for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery for 2023 upland…
I’d be up for Atriplex seeds if and when you have them, though I’m not sure that variety would like where I live. I’m more coastal NoCal than you, and in the lowlands. If you think it might work though, I’d love some seeds. Ruminants, like my grass fed sheep, love Atriplex spp and they are also very fire resistant. Apparently it takes a lot to make it burn. Atriplex spp are Good plants for these times....
Atriplex spp are all over the literature, but here is a sampling:
Love your fermenting adventures! We are fermenting green tomato pickles for the second year, and find that we like them better than most cucumber pickles.
Could be worse. I am happy at the end of each day that I am not taking a dirt nap and the shiny side of the car is up.
But yeah, I'll admit, coming up lame at the start of bird season is pretty terrible.
Can you motor out to one of the disabled duck blinds at the refuges?
It is going to be dry and tough bird hunting across most of the western U.S. My unusually stupid and difficult task of trying to get an in-range rooster flush in the Grasslands is likely to approach the hunting equivalent of self immolation. The dog doesn't care - he will get to run and trail to his heart's content. Sweating and swatting mosquitoes in California in mid-November with no in-range rooster flushes sounds terrible too. We'll get to it nonetheless. Now ask me if I would rather be doing something else. ;)
Wow, I wish I lived in your neighborhood so I can try these "Hanksperiments". You've always done so well with various dishes from different cultures. It sounds as though this might be the opportunity to experiment with bringing together the best ingredients from diverse cultures to create some interesting "Hanksperiments".... :-)
Shit happens. Go around it or climb over, just as long as you keep moving forward.
Good luck getting surgery scheduled. I swear the medical establishment has become so dissociated from the actual patients, you'd think we weren't human at all. Six months to get an appointment to look at a troublesome mole (benign, fortunately), and simply impossible to schedule someone to look at my spinal issues.
Man, I felt a sense of relief when I read you have a Traeger. Always feel like I’m cheating/taking the easy way out with mine. Hope to get a fermenter for sausage from Santa to expand my game on that front…been doing mostly whole cuts in my curing chamber.
Thanks for the inspiration, I really enjoy sake…perhaps I will give to a go once I bottle my latest mead.
Sorry to hear about the seriousness of “the wheel,” but do look forward to reading about how it turns…. All the best for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery for 2023 upland…
Expect wonderful outcomes and insights from your forced “reset “. All the best as you heal and move forward.
Indeed! Well done Hank!
That all sounds wonderful.
You are incredibly skilled 🙏
I’d be up for Atriplex seeds if and when you have them, though I’m not sure that variety would like where I live. I’m more coastal NoCal than you, and in the lowlands. If you think it might work though, I’d love some seeds. Ruminants, like my grass fed sheep, love Atriplex spp and they are also very fire resistant. Apparently it takes a lot to make it burn. Atriplex spp are Good plants for these times....
Atriplex spp are all over the literature, but here is a sampling:
https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2020/02/25/australian-native-and-exotic-fire-resistant-trees-and-plants-for-fireproof-landscapes/?amp=1
"...life threw a wrench at me. But I caught it, and kept it. It might prove useful someday."
Love this!! Sorry to hear about the knee but happy for the positive spin! Wishing you the speediest of recoveries!
Love your fermenting adventures! We are fermenting green tomato pickles for the second year, and find that we like them better than most cucumber pickles.
Good to hear, Hank. Keep on thriving! There’s a spot in the boat when you want some low-mileage shoots this season.
Could be worse. I am happy at the end of each day that I am not taking a dirt nap and the shiny side of the car is up.
But yeah, I'll admit, coming up lame at the start of bird season is pretty terrible.
Can you motor out to one of the disabled duck blinds at the refuges?
It is going to be dry and tough bird hunting across most of the western U.S. My unusually stupid and difficult task of trying to get an in-range rooster flush in the Grasslands is likely to approach the hunting equivalent of self immolation. The dog doesn't care - he will get to run and trail to his heart's content. Sweating and swatting mosquitoes in California in mid-November with no in-range rooster flushes sounds terrible too. We'll get to it nonetheless. Now ask me if I would rather be doing something else. ;)
Wow, I wish I lived in your neighborhood so I can try these "Hanksperiments". You've always done so well with various dishes from different cultures. It sounds as though this might be the opportunity to experiment with bringing together the best ingredients from diverse cultures to create some interesting "Hanksperiments".... :-)
The happy pessimist. Frankly, although of course I commiserate with the injury, between the lines there’s the glimpse of a blessing of sorts.
Shit happens. Go around it or climb over, just as long as you keep moving forward.
Good luck getting surgery scheduled. I swear the medical establishment has become so dissociated from the actual patients, you'd think we weren't human at all. Six months to get an appointment to look at a troublesome mole (benign, fortunately), and simply impossible to schedule someone to look at my spinal issues.