What's for dinner tonight ?

[Rain City]

Lol no man I don't sleep well. I have a touch of OCD and am very restless as you can most likely tell from all the stuff I get myself into I have to drink Amanita mushroom tea a few times a week to make sure I get enough sleep during the week. If I don't I'll stay up till 4 AM watching how to videos on youtube and researching something else to get into on the internet. I find so much stuff interesting and if I don't know much about it I will read/research it and then tackle it to find out what it's all about

Well good for you for using your powers for good and not evil. God speed.

 

[sasqman]

Lol no man I don't sleep well. I have a touch of OCD and am very restless as you can most likely tell from all the stuff I get myself into I have to drink Amanita mushroom tea a few times a week to make sure I get enough sleep during the week. If I don't I'll stay up till 4 AM watching how to videos on youtube and researching something else to get into on the internet. I find so much stuff interesting and if I don't know much about it I will read/research it and then tackle it to find out what it's all about

Seriously..............worried about stocks and crypto one moment........and then get side tracked with this! Love SFBC!

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Well good for you for using your powers for good and not evil. God speed.

Thanks man

Seriously..............worried about stocks and crypto one moment........and then get side tracked with this! Love SFBC!

Lol I know right. This forum is great for that. I think since we all have fishing and the love of mother nature in common we can all connect on so many other levels here and its fun reading and seeing what we are all up to with our other interests and hobbies.

 

[Bueller]

Used to work with a fella from Ontario that did his own maple syrup. Him and a few of his buddies used to take a week or so off work and boil around the clock. Said they used to get on the crown royal so it was a bit of a **** show! It was bloody good though!

 

[Bueller]

Sorry wrong thread!

 

[IronNoggin]

... We used to sell ours but don't any more as we just make enough for our family now and for trading with neighbors for other foods. It's fun making the syrup for yourself and our Big Leaf syrup here on the west coast of BC tastes much better than the Eastern Sugar maples in my opinion. It's got more complex flavours with caramel, butterscotch, toffee type of flavour notes. The darker it is the more flavours develop as well.

Talk To Me!!
What would you require in trade for a couple jugs?
Have many items of interest...
Never had any from the Wet Coast yet, always sourcing from buddies back east.
Would definitely like to give that a whirl!!

Wondering...
Matt

 

[Rain City]

Talk To Me!!
What would you require in trade for a couple jugs?
Have many items of interest...
Never had any from the Wet Coast yet, always sourcing from buddies back east.
Would definitely like to give that a whirl!!

Wondering...
Matt

Let's move this over to the stock tips thread. I'll pay double what he's willing to pay.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Talk To Me!!
What would you require in trade for a couple jugs?
Have many items of interest...
Never had any from the Wet Coast yet, always sourcing from buddies back east.
Would definitely like to give that a whirl!!

Wondering...
Matt

Let's move this over to the stock tips thread. I'll pay double what he's willing to pay.

Hey guys thanks for the interest in the syrup I'll keep you guys in mind if this season turns into a decent sap flow season but so far it isn't looking good. We have had barely any good sap flow days (2 so far) and we are down to our last couple bottles from last year. The last couple years have been very poor sap flow years unfortunately.

 

[triplenickel]

Hey guys thanks for the interest in the syrup I'll keep you guys in mind if this season turns into a decent sap flow season but so far it isn't looking good. We have had barely any good sap flow days (2 so far) and we are down to our last couple bottles from last year. The last couple years have been very poor sap flow years unfortunately.

Nice set up, have you ever done birch? Makes great syrup with a unique flavour.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Nice set up, have you ever done birch? Makes great syrup with a unique flavour.

No I haven't made any Birch Syrup but would love to try some. I've heard it has really great deep flavors. We have three European Birch's on our property but I haven't tried tapping them yet. Not sure if the European ones produce sap like the other Birch's do. If I remember right the sap flows from them at a different time of the year than the Maples. I think they are more a Spring sap flow tree if I remember right. It almost takes double the amount of Birch sap to make syrup as it does with the Maples unfortunately. I saw it in a store once and it was very expensive. Understandeably because it takes so much sap to make the syrup. Even with our Big Leaf's it takes quite a bit more sap than an Eastern Sugar Maple so prices for the Big Leaf syrup is usually quite a bit more than the Eastern syrup.

 

[sasqman]

Came home to this today after hard day at work (picking up boat parts and such)..... eternally grateful for my wife of 21 years!

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Came home to this today after hard day at work (picking up boat parts and such)..... eternally grateful for my wife of 21 years!
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Sounds like a very happy happy couple

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Slow smoked beef and baby back pork ribs with home cut fries tossed in herbs and spices with gravy on the side, homemade macaroni salad, and an ice cold frosty. The beef ribs i cut from a couple standing rib roasts when i removed the rib steaks.

I made two homemade barbecue sauces that i also smoked in the smoker for a bit. One is a maple syrup Weisers whiskey and the other is an apple butter brown sugar. They were both great but the maple whiskey was especially delicious. Two of my favorite flavours that go well together.

 

[Rain City]

Slow smoked beef and baby back pork ribs with home cut fries tossed in herbs and spices with gravy on the side, homemade macaroni salad, and an ice cold frosty. The beef ribs i cut from a couple standing rib roasts when i removed the rib steaks.

I made two homemade barbecue sauces that i also smoked in the smoker for a bit. One is a maple syrup Weisers whiskey and the other is an apple butter brown sugar. They were both great but the maple whiskey was especially delicious. Two of my favorite flavours that go well together.

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Ok let's hear it. How do you do your fries? Par boil then fry? Double fry? Triple fry? Let me guess you raise a rare breed of duck for the sole purpose of rendering out the fat just for your fries. They look nice and crispy.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Ok let's hear it. How do you do your fries? Par boil then fry? Double fry? Triple fry? Let me guess you raise a rare breed of duck for the sole purpose of rendering out the fat just for your fries. They look nice and crispy.

Lol no special duck fat here I pre cut and soak them in cold water for awhile, rinse off the starch, let them dry for a bit, then blanch them once in lower temp oil around 325-335 (fries will be limp, tender), then remove them, let them cool a bit then put them back in hotter temp oil at around 375-385. I tried triple frying them last time but they turned out too stiff and not as tender inside. Twice is really good usually. Then I scoop them out of the oil while still hot and bit oily I put them in a brown paper bag with herbs/spices and give them a quick shake before serving. The hot oil on them helps the herbs/spices stick to them. A little bit of white sugar mixed in with the other herbs and spices gives a real nice flavor.

 

[Rain City]

Lol no special duck fat here I pre cut and soak them in cold water for awhile, rinse off the starch, let them dry for a bit, then blanch them once in lower temp oil around 325-335 (fries will be limp, tender), then remove them, let them cool a bit then put them back in hotter temp oil at around 375-385. I tried triple frying them last time but they turned out too stiff and not as tender inside. Twice is really good usually. Then I scoop them out of the oil while still hot and bit oily I put them in a brown paper bag with herbs/spices and give them a quick shake before serving. The hot oil on them helps the herbs/spices stick to them. A little bit of white sugar mixed in with the other herbs and spices gives a real nice flavor.

Beautiful

 

[Burrow boy]

Last night I was a little creative . Prawn , crab , scallop ,celery , shallot , garlic stuffed beef loin ,with whiskey peppercorn mushroom cream sauce ,with small potato's and left over sea food added to sauce. Once steak cooked placed in pan of sauce ,flipped and continued to REC Teck smoke pecan .

 

[sasqman]

Last night I was a little creative . Prawn , crab , scallop ,celery , shallot , garlic stuffed beef loin ,with whiskey peppercorn mushroom cream sauce ,with small potato's and left over sea food added to sauce. Once steak cooked placed in pan of sauce ,flipped and continued to REC Teck smoke pecan . View attachment 61437View attachment 61438View attachment 61439View attachment 61440

What a fantastic idea! Looks great.

 

[Sotally Tober]

Homemade Chimichurri on grilled halibut, Parmesan stacked potatoes and green beans in butter.
In celebration of the better half’s B day.

 

[sasqman]

Sesame teriyaki salmon.