Big Cliff

Both those quotes sound high to me!

I drive a 5 ton, let them argue with me! I might be wrong but I bet I win! That said, I always try to watch out for the idiots that are texting, don't know where they are going, or just think they deserve to have the right of way. It is called defensive driving and it is what commercial drivers are taught to do (doesn't always work!) Guy drove his bike into the side of one of our trucks then tried to sue us because we got in his way. Fortunatly this time the law worked and he had to pay to repaint the side of our truck .

Crane Lake up near Parry Sound, monsters no pressure.

Spent a couple of years building boat trailers for a major manufacturer. Sinker X 2

I am really anxious to see how this turns out for you! Are you going to steam them after smoking them?

Looks amazing! Did you make your own sauce too?

It's when you don't trust your electronics or compus in those situations that you get into BIG trouble but it sure can be hard to do when you feel like it has to be wrong.

Boy it has been a lot of years since I fished there, that was where I got my introduction to carp fishing. Glad to see that Cos are staying in touch with the inner city! Thanks for posting.

That sounds like a lot of water for a 3 lb brisket, is that recipe for a full (about 12 lb brisket?) Here is the recipe I decided on trying: Cure a 3 lb double-brisket (fat-cap on) by adding the following spice mixture generously to both sides: ½ cup c kosher salt 2 TBs cracked black pepper 1 Tbs sugar 1Tsp ground coriander 3 tsp bay leaf powder 1 tsp ground cloves Place brisket in an XXL ziploc bag and let cure for 10 days in the fridge, flipping the brisket twice daily. On day 11, thoroughly rinse off the cure and then soak in cold for at least 3 hours, changing the water every half-hour to get out most of the salt. Dry. Cover top of brisket with 2:1 mixture of cracked pepper to cracked coriander seed. Cover and refrigerate overnight. On day 12, smoke over maple chunks for 4 hours at 250. After 4 hours, completely foil the brisket and return to smoker (or oven) to cook for another 5 hours. At this point the smoke meat will be fantastic, but not 100% tender. Resist eating it now. Let come to room temperature and refrigerate overnight. On day 13, gently steam the brisket for 3 hours just prior to service. To carve, cut against the grain and on the bias very thinly, using a VERY SHARP slicing knife (the knife actually makes a difference). Serve stacked on fresh seeded rye bread with mustard.

There were plenty of boats out there this morning which was nice to see, I didn't get out as I had far too much work to do around here but I'll probably hit the dock this evening. Just wondered how everyone did? PM if you don't want to post it on a public form. Cliff

I never laugh at a friend with a question JK LOL Montreal Smoked Meat and Pastrami are very similar, in fact it is a topic for descusion over a cold beer on a hot day where no one is right or wrong. Pastrami actually was usually made from pork but over the generations it has now come to be associated with beef. Many of the ingreadients are the same (or very similar) in the cure and to be honest with you if I was served a Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich and a pastrami sandwich on the same plate, I probably wouldn't be able to tell you which was which (but I'd eat both trying LOL). Spiel; Heavy duty zip lock bags and about 10 days in the fridge. What recipe are you using for as cure?

I have invited our local Co, Luke, to ride in my boat anytime and use our place for pit stops or docking! Very nice young man with really tough job to do. When I lived in French River the local CO at the time was Harold Cheley, we were the first in our area to get CB radios so we spent a lot of time talking and got to be quite good friends. There were a few times where I would go and watch hot spots for him in the spring and call it in if I saw anything suspicious. I wasn't allowed to do anything other than observe and report. I remember one time he decided to check up on me just in case I was using the information so I could do some poaching LOL. It was cool, I was legit but it sure scared the crap out of me when all of a sudden in the middle of the night a flash light comes shining in your car window out in the middle of nowhere. Only people that have a problem with most COs are the ones that deserve to have a problem!

We had a conservation officer set up a stake out on the road here last winter as we had a couple of college students staying with us and they liked to go out ice fishing in the afternoon after school. It was really nice actually, sometimes there were 8 or 10 of them out there. I guess he spent a few hours watching them from the road but I had already warned them what would happen if they did keep any walleye! (The conservation officer would have been the least of tyheir worries LOL). They were super kids though and there was never any problem. It was still nice to see that someone was watching, wish we had more COs in the area.

Eastern timber wold perhaps? They look very similar but are much larger. There have been a couple of them shot not too far from our place in the last couple of years.

I only used a tablespoon of molasses Doug, but you are right it will be washed twice!

Will do, this is an learn as you go type of thing for me. This will be my third attempt at bacon, first one was a little salty for Sue's liking (it was perfect for me ) Second one could have been smoked longer, I used maple that time but cherry the first time. This time I went to make my brine only to find out Sue had used the last of the brown sugar so a little molasses and white sugar went into the brine to replace the brown sugar. I'll let you know how that goes The recipe for the Montreal Smoked meat was one I found on line but I had to modify it slightly because it was for about 12 lbs of briskit and measurements were in lbs. Mine is only about 3.5 lbs. I am also trying to stay away from using any of the commercial cures because of the nitrates. Let me know how yours turns out!

Just picked up a nice little (about 4 lb) brisket to try my hand at making Montreal Smoked meat and a slab of pork belly, both are now in the fridge curing, the pork belly for a week and the brisket for about 2 weeks. Ths is going to be a LONG two weeks LOL.

How do you fit so much tallent into something so tiny! That was really fun! Thanks for posting it.

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Doing something to help others less fortunate always has it's own rewards.

Dear Mr. Harper, Trudeau, Mulcair Please find below our suggestion for fixing Canada 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to corporations that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them 1 million dollars each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: 1) They MUST retire. Ten million job openings -unemployment fixed 2) They MUST buy a new car. Ten million cars ordered -Car Industry fixed 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed 4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university - Crime rate fixed 5) They MUST buy $50 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week ..... And there's your money back in duty/tax etc It can't get any easier than that! P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances Also.. How about putting the very elderly pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home.. That way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request. Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each senior could have a PC, a TV, radio and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to. The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay $300.00 per week and with little hope of ever getting out. More points of contention: [Think about this...] COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Alberta years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the barn? And, they even tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 125,000 illegal immigrants wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow. It is time grumpy old folks of Canada spoke up!

It's easy to learn how to cook, marry a woman that can't My first wife treated me like a god, burnt offerings every night

Similar situation while my mom was in, she would wake up feeling fine in the morning and by mid afternoon would be throwing up. This went on for 4 days and the nurses kept saying she had a touch of the flu. I met up with the Dr. on the 4th day and he said the same thing, a touch of the flu. It wasn't until I started questioning him about changes in medications and dosages that he finally took another look at her chart. He immediatly revised her medications back to pre admitting and she was fine after that. Sue laid in an ICU for a month waiting for a bed in Toronto General, every morning the Dr. would say "maybe today", meanwhile Sue was having more and more heart issues. I finally got pissed off and called the Ministry of Health and demanded to know why my wife was not able to get a bed in Toronto General for a much needed bypass operation, I gave them until 4:00 pm to get back to me with an answer or I was going to the media. They called me back within an hour; apparently some Dr. hadn't filed the proper paperwork. She was transfered the very next morning at 9:00 am. The very first thing the cardioligist said when reviewing her chart was "nitro toxcicity, get her off it NOW before you kill her"! (That was Dr. Susan Lenky I really grew to like that woman) Three months later after a quad bypass Sue was in hospital again in Milton with a sharp pain in her side, nothing to worry about they said, it's her appendix and they called in the surgeon! As they were getting ready to wheel her into the OR I started questioning the fact that "what about all these blood thinners she is on?". The Dr. and surgeon just looked at each other with the dumbest looks and wheeled her right back into emerge. They started her on plasma and aranged for her to be transfered to Toronto General because they needed a cardiology team standing by. Whatever you do don't be afraid to DEMAND answers, (you can do it nicely) if something doesn't seem right or if you feel like you or a loved one are being swept under the carpet ask questions and don't stop until you are satisified with the answers you do get. If you don't understand what they are saying tell them that! The other thing I do now is hit record on my cell phone and just put it in my shirt pocket when talking with the Dr.. So many times we have come away from appointments not sure of everything we were told so now I record it.

I wish I knew what the answer was! When my mom (who was also 84) had a stroke the hospital wanted to send her home but she lived on her own and couldn't take care of herself, both Sue and I worked full time. We had already gone the route of PSWs come in to help her with bathing and things but she now needed someone available 24/7. We knew we had to get her into a facility where she would get the care she deserved and needed but that was going to take some time. The hospital didn't seem to care and all the wanted to do was discharge her and get her out the door (all mom wanted to do was go back to her apartment). I too had power of attourney and informed the hospital that if she was discharged I would go to every media outlet that would listen and tell them about our seniors getting dumped out the door and forced to fend for themselves. I have never seen such a quick turnaround in attitude, it seems the hospital wasn't too worried about a lawsuit but they sure didn't want negitive press. Keep us posted, keep your cool, and I hope everything works out for the best.

My son ended up back in the hospital again for a week because the Dr.s had tried to reduce one of his medications, it was something he could only stay on for a short period of time. He was told that he needed a medication that was going to cost $60,000.00 a year and it wasn't covered by OHIP, as any of you dads know "it takes whatever it takes for your family" so we were exploring options at a rapid pace because time was limited and we were running out of options. I just got a phone call from my son; because his case is so severe his Dr. went to bat for him and he has been approved for an experimental treatment which to date has been 100% successful in treating the condition. Apparently the Trillum Foundation is going to pick up the cost. It isn't a cure but if all goes well he should be able to live a reasonably comfortable and normal life! They aren't tears of joy, my eyes just leak!