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One of my local butchers, Country Fresh Meats, accidental "inventors" of double smoked sausage sticks. This is their latest brat rendition and it's a winner. Beer, bacon, and cheese bratwurst - what's not to like?

Cream Cheese Cranberry Loaf Fran just made the best tasting holiday bread I've ever had. 2 cups flour 2 cups cranberries 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup butter - 2 sticks - soft 8 oz cream cheese - soft 4 eggs - room temperature 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp salt Cream together...

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Loooooong day. I was awake in Naples, FL at 3:45 AM yesterday and drove into my Wisconsin driveway at 1:30 PM. Watched football until.... Fran and I belonged to a gourmet group before we moved to FL in 1998. We met every two months for great meals. The group still exists and is populated by...

When you don't have the time required to smoke Baby Backs using the 2-2-1 method you can cut the time in half by upping the heat. Turbo Baby Back Ribs on the Big Green Egg Remove membrane Smear on some yellow mustard Pat on a Rib Rub Heat the Egg to 350 – indirect Smoke ribs bone side down...

Our lovely lady has been crowned a top restaurateur. Roseann's New Orleans restaurant, Red Gravy, has made a list of the top 100 brunch restaurants in America. http://www.restaurantnews.com/top-100-best-brunch-restaurants-in-america-2015/ Woo hoo!!!!!!

The stores here in my part of Wisconsin have Steelhead. This recipe from my buddy Alan: Steelhead Trout on the Big Green Egg Soak a board for a few hours Preheat Egg to 350. No plate setter. Put a rub on the fish (only on one side) and let it sit about 1/2 hr. Put the soaked board on the heat...

Yesterday, Stan's Idle Hour, Goodland, FL With Queen Mary

Last night friends of mine had their third annual Souper Bowl Party, done up for charity with the recipient being the Naples Wellfit Girls Program. Chef Bill the home owner presented about a dozen different soup varieties and several others were brought by guests. One of the hits was Peanut...

My son-in-law is the world's biggest Sriracha fan and he uses it on everything. But does he drink it????? Yeah - it's beer. http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/sriracha-beer-here-major-step-toward-world-sriracha-everything-161750

I laughed my little butt off.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxreQ6B_t6o

2 pound boneless pork loin.Moderately heavy salt & pepper a couple hours prior to placing on the grill. Grill temperature 325 degrees F. I used some wood chips for smoking. Cooking time was about an hour and a half. Pull when the meat temperature reaches 145 to 160 degrees. Wrap in foil and let...

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This past Friday night I attended a school reunion (50 years) of my high school girl friend, Cindy Stenz Comer. In 50 years this is only the second time I had seen her. Her husband Ron was on the 100th floor of the World Trade Center when the first plane hit between the 93rd and 97 floors...

My younger son's new FB profile picture -

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I was gonna get both a natural gas fired grill and an electric smoker but I read so many positive reports about using the Big Green Egg as smoker I thought I'd give it a shot. After fifteen years using a propane smoker in Florida I was tired of having to constantly monitor the temperature and...

I dated Barbie Pool most of my university sophomore year in Madison, WI. She's sort of famous in certain cooking circles. I'll be darned..... Thanks, Google. :) http://www.pbs.org/food/chefs/barbara-pool-fenzl/ http://www.azpbs.org/savorthesouthwest/host.php...

It's a bad day for me. I'm a huge Formula 1 fan and today, May 1st, is the twentieth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death at The Grand Prix at Imola, Italy. I don't have many heroes but Ayrton was one of them. There were two driver deaths that day - none since. It was the day that changed F1...

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