About Done

The lot work is done. There's some stuff the guys will haul away tomorrow or Tuesday. They ran out of room on the truck.

The field is seeded and strawed. Should start to see some grass in about two weeks.

They guys got sick and tired of hauling wood. So they left some in the back woods.

Yep - the stack is taller than me. But then, most things are.

Oh, BTW

At dusk yesterday, Nuke was on the back deck having a smoky treat. Stuck his head in the door and said "Come out here, but be quiet".

We see doe all the time. Everybody sees does all the time.

This was a stag. Fairly young - 2 points - antlers about a foot long or so.

First one I've seen in the yard in at least three or four years.

Food

We ate well this weekend.

Friday night, Hazel fixed old fashioned spaghetti sauce. Tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, ground beef. That with some garlic bread – we were stuffed. (Leftovers Sunday night - yummy.)

Saturday morning I set up a bar-b-que. I dragged the gas grill / smoker into the yard and gave it a thorough cleaning. Went and got the spare tank filled. Made some simple eastern NC vinegar sauce (cider vinegar, brown sugar, kosher salt, red pepper flakes).

I had picked up a whole pork shoulder from Nahunta on the way home from work and put him on the grill around noon.

(BTW – way too much for the four of us. I should have gotten a Boston Butt – about half the size of a whole shoulder. There’s a lot of leftover pork in the freezer.)

I put some water and white vinegar in the drip pan under the shoulder. The drippings combined with the liquid and helped smoke and steam the pork to help it flavor and make it tenderer.

We pulled him off the grill around 1800. Some had bbq sammiches (w/cole slaw); some just had chopped pork. We also had fresh corn on the cob from the Farmer’s Market. Pound cake and ice cream for dessert.

We did some good eating this weekend.

I should have taken photos.