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As for grilling large hunks of meat...

I may have slightly exceeded the capacity of my Kamado Joe Classic 2.

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Next time only a brisket flat

No worries though. It's propped up with some extra wood chunks... that helps make it fit better. Had to move the temp probe, though. Managed to hit the fat band and it was giving readings of be done 3 hours after going on the grill (which was running 250° f, for those keeping score at home).

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As of this moment got the foil boat going (not in photo). to protect the bottom of the brisket while it does its last hour or so on the kamado. A few hours wrapped and in the cooler and I should be slicing about 5 pm or so...
 


santafewillie said:
The new to us Lexus surprised me on the trip in with another built-in feature that I wasn't expecting and frankly I don't need. After a few sprinkles of rain hit the windshield, the wipers came on automatically - on intermittent! Not something that I need and a wasted and expensive feature in my opinion.
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To each his own. Of all the functionalities on our Audi and VW, that is the one I like the best. Don't have to think about it if it rains. They just come on as needed and go off as needed. I don't know how Lexus has programmed theirs but in most cases there is a setting you can use to turn the feature off and on.


santafewillie said:
They like Broccoli despite being called Cabbage Worms.
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Broccoli and cabbage are the same species. Maybe that is why the worms like it. Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brussels Sprouts, and a bunch of other things are all the same species -- just different cultivars of the same species, expressing different gene segments. When I first heard that I didn't believe it but I went and researched it.

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Brassica oleracea - Wikipedia

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Afternoon All,

Started out with a couple of chores then finished up with the tree project. I could probably use another 20-30 t0 fill in some areas but I can't see spending $60 for a box that will make 160+ trees. Maybe I'll bite the bullet anyway...I'll see. MOH wants to go out to supper tonight. That's all that I have for today.

Hughie- That's good news.

Louis- Happy Belated Birthday.🎂 A great memory with the youngest grandson.

Terry- Arlington National Cemetary really brings home the cost of keeping our country free.

Willie- You obviously have a green thumb.

Troy- That looks delish.

I hope everyone has a good night.
 
santafewillie said:
The new to us Lexus surprised me on the trip in with another built-in feature that I wasn't expecting and frankly I don't need. After a few sprinkles of rain hit the windshield, the wipers came on automatically - on intermittent! Not something that I need and a wasted and expensive feature in my opinion. That lane-line thingy remains really confused on a six mile stretch of rural highway that's under construction on my way home, since some of the old lane marker lines weren't completely blacked out. Some new side lane markers aren't there either. I also made a discovery yesterday that I will have to contact the dealer about. There is no mounting bracket for the front license plate! Texas is a two plate state. I found them on Amazon for $17 but I shouldn't have to pay for one, plus my labor. I'll have to weigh that against making the 150 mile round trip to have them do it.
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I personally don't like cars doing things unless you tell them to. If the feature isn't there, it can't break.
The setting for the auto wipers in my wife's Lexus was accessed through the touch screen in the radio, of all places. Hopefully yours is in a more logical place to access.
As for the front license plate bracket, check around and under the spare. It should be in a little clear plastic baggie.
 
chadbag said:
I don't know how Lexus has programmed theirs but in most cases there is a setting you can use to turn the feature off and on.
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Oh! I know that this and many other features can be turned off. But my wife is the primary driver of this vehicle so I will defer to her.
It is my opinion though, that all of this automation and having the car think for you, reduces the need to actually concentrate on the act of driving; which is one reason for the uptick in distracted driving accidents and incidents. The touch-screen is the primary offender.
chadbag said:
Broccoli and cabbage are the same species.
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I meant the original statement as a tongue-in-cheek comment, as after 50 years of gardening, I know most of the botany.
 
My asian greens got hammered by slugs, they tend to go for the centres rather than the edges, I tried tree guards,fail,slugs just come up underneath and the extra sg]hade whilst warm has caused bolting, I will let them go to seed and allow self seeds for the winter, meantime I have bitten the bullet and added either zuccinni or butternut to fill the space instead, all depending how bad the Asian greens go I may rip out and add heritage sweetcorn - which I have seen being sold 10 precooked (so now growing your own) for 45 uk pounds!! For ten, sponsored keeps popping up, luckily I bought 20 seed 2 years ago and have recycled the seed very successfully.My main issue is despite catching and storing winter water I am expecting a hose drought which will mean hand watering using minimum watering slowly off ibcs which will consume a lot of time,sighs, again I tried the tree guards and the shaded seems to have seriously slowed development,all tree guards are now removed, live and learn still
asparagus
artichojes (which I grow but rarely eat)
bettroot greens and beetroots
garlic shallots onions
zuccinni
butternut
squash
blue squash - could not find the blue seed ones
Beans runner
beans haricot
sweetcorn fiesta
strawberries
blueberries if I beat birds
cherries but not netted this years so birds will scoff
ted currants\white currants
black currants
lovage - a favourite with mashed potatoes
potatoes
self seed celery sone I am leaving to seed
gooseberries
rhubarb
medlar looks dead, quince root stock is up I had a quince but no one really likes the jam from it
plums\damsons\pears\ apples - various, cooking and dessert red and greens
spinach
endive
chicory
mixedkettuce,but only mustard types come thru so very peppery
cucumbers - a couple struggled with those too this year,last year I did really well
de nancy
and greengage a favourite,
hazelnuts walnuts sweet he’s nuts but it has drawn squirrels
i have sorbus trees so technical sorbet it’s a medieval dish not tried it
herbs chives spearmint peppermint lemon balm bay tree nasturtium borage comfrey
sure to have forgot something and not everything oh raspberries but deer eat the plants
dandilion, very popular with birds we encourage edible but we don’t eat or make coffee
 

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chadbag said:
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brussels Sprouts, and a bunch of other things are all the same species
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That is interesting and must be one of my favorite species! After reading the Wikipedia article, the only one I don't like is cauliflower and there are a few I never heard of. How about spinach? It does not mention spinach, which is my favorite. I love all the greens I am familiar with. By greens I mean spinach, kale, collards, mustard, turnip etc.

Oddly enough, I don't like them cooked southern style. I must not be far enough south of the Mason-Dixon line.
I like my greens steamed with lots of plain salt.

I don't know "jack" about botany! I only know what I like to eat.
 
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Bruette said:
That is interesting and must be one of my favorite species! After reading the Wikipedia article, the only one I don't like is cauliflower and there are a few I never heard of. How about spinach? It does not mention spinach, which is my favorite. I love all the greens I am familiar with. By greens I mean spinach, kale, collards, mustard, turnip etc.

I don't know "jack" about botany! I only know what I like to eat.
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1600s the savoy cabbage was the first western effort into napa cabbage family, but it is not paleo and can cause issues for sone people, if when you eat it you get gas,better eat fermented like sauerkraut if still gas best not eaten, the Asian greens have existed a lot longer perhaps thousands of years opinions differ, collards are perennials, spinach best eaten with dairy preferably cheese as it messes with calcium absorption eating with cheese the spinach targets that calcium leaving your blood and bone calcium alone,cheese sauce on cauliflower cabbage spinach etc are all likely a mmm for want of a better term safer option.
 
santafewillie said:
Oh! I know that this and many other features can be turned off. But my wife is the primary driver of this vehicle so I will defer to her.
It is my opinion though, that all of this automation and having the car think for you, reduces the need to actually concentrate on the act of driving; which is one reason for the uptick in distracted driving accidents and incidents. The touch-screen is the primary offender.

I meant the original statement as a tongue-in-cheek comment, as after 50 years of gardening, I know most of the botany.
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The Tesla needs you to pay attention in the uk overtaking or vehicles joining at a right angle can cause the car to literally panic and either break or give control back to the driver,easy once you understand but initial quite disconcerting

do not get me started on uk roundaboutd they do not get it at all.
 
Jaz avalley said:
1600s the savoy cabbage was the first western effort into napa cabbage family, but it is not paleo and can cause issues for sone people, if when you eat it you get gas,better eat fermented like sauerkraut if still gas best not eaten, the Asian greens have existed a lot longer perhaps thousands of years opinions differ, collards are perennials, spinach best eaten with dairy preferably cheese as it messes with calcium absorption eating with cheese the spinach targets that calcium leaving your blood and bone calcium alone,cheese sauce on cauliflower cabbage spinach etc are all likely a mmm for want of a better term safer option.
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I have chronic pancreatitis; gas is unavoidable no matter what I eat. 😳 There goes my dinner invitations!

My wife loves savoy cabbage. I prefer "regular" cabbage. But I eat any kind of cabbage! Red is the only other one I know.

Now I want my wife's cabbage pasta! Or just plain cabbage and potatoes.
 
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PRR Modeler said:
Louis- Happy Belated Birthday.🎂 A great memory with the youngest grandson.
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Thank you, Curt! It's a shame they grew up so fast. He was my constant shadow. Now he is a teenager I don't see him as much. We still get together on weekends to play video games sometimes. He beats me like a rented mule! Even in the baseball game I am on a losing streak. At least I can give him a challenge in baseball.
 
Boris said:
Bout time they got back on track. Could be worse...look at the Mets :eek:
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Not for long, today's game was ugly! We will get them next time!

At least the Mets are at 500. Despite playing better recently the Nationals are still 7 games under 500

It's a long season. It looks like Oakland and Kansas City are the only two with no hope.

How about the AL East!? Everybody is over 500. Big money is not in the top two!
 
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