akaShag

I saw lots of them on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and also up in the Torngat mountain area of Labrador. The floats were down beside the ocean, not up in the mountains....😉

Condolences on the loss of your father. I think his words of wisdom to you are good ones. And 71 is much too young! Thanks for the report. Doug

But I DID take some photos a couple days ago, when I canned some BC "Spring" salmon. I was out to Port Hardy on the Northeast coast of Vancouver Island back in August for a three day charter, and we came home with our limits of springs, halibut and rock cod, and a few bonus coho salmon as well. "Spring" is what they call chinooks. I had booked those specific dates because that in most years is when the biggest springs of the year are caught. BUT this year all of the salmon runs were about three weeks late. The biggest salmon were in the 20 pound range. Biggest halibut was 65 or 70 pounds; biggest rock cod was over 30 pounds. ANYWAYS, I had two big fillets left and decided to can them. Pics show one flllet whole, in chunks, and in the jars. Two big fillets gave me 13 jars and I cooked the two tail pieces that night for supper. Very toothsome. Doug

Today's project was a big pot of Cream of Carrot Soup with Curry and Pear. No pics, sorry....

Not sure they are open in the winter? But there are a number of operators on the Bay of Quinte, here in Eastern Ontario.

That was my thought, EXACTLY! Bring it on!!!!!! Doug

Thanks Art. I have read that book, many moons ago. In my home tome, we called that "huck finn" as in, I huck finned him into moving the woodpile for me." Interesting expression! Doug

now THERE is a new expression for me. Does it mean "raping"? Doug

Don't expect the feds to remind you of ANYTHING except taxes due...........

Thanks buddy. Holy crap, you are getting thin!!! Doug

I thought for sure this was going to be about catching some ling..............😁 Doug

hmmm, auto-correct I see. I wrote "Wild Turkey Federation" is this, capitals only of course....

what the hell is this?

Now THAT would be something I would really like to experience! Doug

Good call. I did have some freezer burned deer liver a couple years back that went into the bear bait.

x 2. Pretty spendy I think, and it probably takes up a fair bit of room on your deck, or whatever? And for sure you would need to cover something like that to keep it out of the rain and snow and ice...................

Not very long, they get eaten! 😉 But the real answer to that is, it depends on what it is. Smoked salami, weeks for sure. Jerky, possibly months. Smoked salmon, I suggest less than a week. And as others have said, there is no rescue for freezer-burned meat. Mind you, I have had this happen with a larger cut, and been able to trim off the bad parts and still salvage most or some of the meat. But a badly freezer-burned piece, especially something thin, is dog food or compost. Doug

This is weird...........my screen shows no replies for two weeks, but I know there were a whole bunch. Three nights ago, I tried doing a venison hind shank in the slow cooker, turned out excellent. Then because the juice for that one was kind of sweet, I thought I would make a sweet and savoury venison pot pie with the left-over juice and shank meat. In fact I made four, and they were also very toothsome. Today's project was a canner load of side bacon. I bought commercial bacon (Costco), cooked it almost done in the oven, then pressure canned it. Somewhere in the last 165 pages is my step-by-step "how to" for this. But it is VERY handy to have a jar or two of bacon on hand. Pop the lid and fifteen seconds in the microwave and you have hot bacon for whatever pleases you. Doug

Perfect, thanks! I also have a vac sealer, so I could do the same as you do with yours. Doug

I have been meaning to ask, do you FREEZE the smoked bread crumbs, or just leave them in the pantry? I plan to do some for a family member that does not have a lot of freezer space. Doug

I'm not sure exactly why, but that bottom one reminds me of a gal I used to know...............😲

and they are delicious!

That's mighty kind of you, and thanks! I am not the fit young man I once was, but I can still do pretty much anything I want to. I hunted the full two weeks of rifle season for deer, and will be hunting the smokepole season this coming week. But a lot of the stuff I used to do is really a young person's game. Like wading in ice cold water up above your family jewels, on a slippery bottom and with a strong current, for example.............same thing for wading out in a swamp to recover downed ducks and geese. I hope you had a good shoot this morning! Doug (aka Shag)

Rush played at my high school twice in the 70s...............and "some people" may have been drinking beer during the dances....................😲 Is that the same thing? 😉

Once upon a time when I was a working stiff and did not have a lot of time off, fall meant steelheading, bow-hunting and duck hunting. You can't really do all three, at least not in any reasonable way. First to go was duck hunting, then steelheading. I had a really good run of fall steelheading, but could still do that in the spring, so I did. And I had a heck of a run with the bow, probably forty deer or so. Maybe more, I lost track........ Now I am a retired old fart, and can do whatever I want. And I hardly do ANY of those things any more!!! So enjoy it while you are fairly young and vigorous! Doug