TAC New England

[Over59]

Home again. Great to get the season opened. A community experience is building. Good folks and a feast....

[DEITZ645]

We pulled out around noon and got home safely to PA around 4 PM after a stop at Cabela's to dump and rinse the holding tanks.

We were sad to leave. We had such a great weekend, even if it was a tad on the chilly side. And WOW...all the food, I am going to have to exercise twice as hard now to undo the damage I did this weekend . I’ve never seen that much meat and wood smoke in one place. This was the first brisket we have ever had and man was it good. Marcus, you would be proud of what Don, Frank, and Paul were able to accomplish.

I would like to thank our hosts Don and Amanda for providing the venue, much of the food, and especially a place to get in out of the chilly weather. Frank for brining the rub, brisket, and bacon. Paul for bringing the smoker and some fine pork ribs. Debra for her home made bread. Skip for bringing some Guinness. And everybody else for a WONDERFUL time and fellowship.

Now I'm headed for the basement and the tread mill so I can gorge myself at the upcoming Crawfish Feast...I mean Fest.

[DEITZ645]

Don,
How did your boy make out a the Spelling Bee yesterday??? Did "chrysanthemum" or "pterodactyl" come up?

[mistral blue]

Originally Posted by Pam

Holy Cow! I had no idea you had the shell off! Very brave of you. Good luck.

Well......... seems we've had the shell off since the original '77 construction! Not too many bolts were found attached to the chassis.

Originally Posted by rickandsandi

Actually Pam, Don and Paul realized that the smoker wasn't big enough to cook enough for the weekend, so buy gutting VT they now have a real "Smoke House"!

Its actually crossed my mind.

Originally Posted by utee94

... except that it's currently 78 degrees and bright sunshine here, of course .

-Marcus

Of course.

Couldn't resist, could ya?

Originally Posted by myboyburt

Boy, am I ever out of touch! Don: I scanned your posts in this thread trying to see if you are setting VT up for solar and I didn't see anything about it (I could have missed it). Is solar in your future? As you know Leon and I could not be happier about the solar system we installed on "The Tube". With the interior out of VT it's the perfect time to at least get the wiring in place.

PS: Your key incident made me howl with laughter.

Key incident: She won't respond to this day. Silent. Lips sealed.

Solar: Batteries were already there. Wiring is now in place.

Originally Posted by utee94

So how was the BBQ yesterday?

I thought it was terrific! Just about all the meat was devoured. Not that much leftover, thank goodness. However, we had a LOT of leftover pies, cookies, cupcakes, bread, etc. Most of which came into work today:now gone.

Originally Posted by Chuck

Its fun spending Don's money, isn't it?

We're now spending Donal's money..........

Originally Posted by DEITZ645

Don,
How did your boy make out a the Spelling Bee yesterday??? Did "chrysanthemum" or "pterodactyl" come up?

Seeing how he was up past midnight having fun Friday and Saturday night, he did amazingly well. I don't know how many rounds he made it through, but he did go two rounds deeper than the kid who won it last year.

The last few years the NEU has held a rally called the Chilly Man. Last year we had the privilege of attending, and both Donal and I joined some of the other totally insane rally attendees and did the polar bear thing in 41 degree water temperature. (Where'd Marcus just go? ) The word Donal went out on at the bee was "chilly". Actually no, it wasn't. It was Chile, the country. Turns out the kid only has rallying with his friends on the brain. Just like his father.

Thank you ALL for playing in our sandbox here in CT. We had a fantastic time and look forward to seeing you all again real soon.

[ticki2]

Boy , you'll do just about anything NOT to sleep under Pauls trailer . Way to go.

[biggoofball]

I had such a good time here last weekend!! I mentioned it to Rob Baker via Facebook last night and he decided to have Tim call me during the VAP to talk about it. Episode 113 if you wish to listen. I did. The rest of the show was pretty good. Me, not so much. Had fun though!!

[mutcth]

We had a great time too! Skip, I think you sounded pretty good on the VAP.

Tom, who didn't know his TAC number (CT-2) was coveted...

[mistral blue]

You sounded great Skip. Fun show as usual.

Returned the cabinet smoker today. Still have Paul's and thinking about smoking something for the Masters next weekend............
Anyone interested in playing?
(Checked out some cooking thermometers online today too.)


Final Count for 2 nights:

4 trailers --> '59 26' Overlander, '62 26' Overlander, '06 30' Classic S/O, '55 16' Bubble;

10# beef brisket, 7.5# bone-in pork shoulder, 4 racks baby back ribs, 5# skinless chicken thighs, slaw, beans, etc;

70 bottles of beer, 19 bottles of wine, 41 bottles of H2O, 6 sodas, 1 large JD, 1 bottle Calvados, 1 bottle tequila;

1/2 cord of wood;

countless precious memories.