I've been toying with the idea of replacing the BBQ on "So It Goes" with a grill/smoker... Having a smoker onboard would be very handy in dealing with a big mahi mahi or tuna and be more adaptable to being the go-to oven for making bread and suchlike.
The problem is that no one seems to make a boat friendly sized smoker (though this one looks promising) and, to be truthful, I am up to my ears in projects so adding building a propane-fueled smoker from scratch is just more than the system can handle.
Or so I thought, till I read this today over at Serious Eats...
Two words...
Smoked rum!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
A great BBQ fix...
One of the most difficult parts of cooking on a cruising boat is that so called "marine" stoves and grills are, at best, pretty awful (I won't go into the part about them being way too expensive).
Right now we have an OK grill/BBQ. It gets hot enough to cook stuff but not quite as hot as I'd like and it really does not throttle down to where I'd like it to either. That said, it is OK considering every other propane BBQ we have had has been lots worse.
I have been considering swapping out the anemic burner for some time but it is nice to see that others with the same problem have already sorted out the problem and come up with a workable and affordable solution...
Check out Boat Projects for everything you need to know!
Right now we have an OK grill/BBQ. It gets hot enough to cook stuff but not quite as hot as I'd like and it really does not throttle down to where I'd like it to either. That said, it is OK considering every other propane BBQ we have had has been lots worse.
I have been considering swapping out the anemic burner for some time but it is nice to see that others with the same problem have already sorted out the problem and come up with a workable and affordable solution...
Check out Boat Projects for everything you need to know!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Provisions... A few thoughts on the dried stuff
I've been meaning to catch up on provisioning and it's funny how things change when looking at what you've eaten in hindsight.
For instance, we've eaten a lot of dried carrots over the last few months due to the fact that carrots have been silly expensive of late and at best rather low quality. Looking down the shopping list it also becomes apparent that the same could be said for broccoli. At $3.69 a pound broccoli has us reaching for the dried stuff on a regular basis...
The other dried vegetables we use all the time is the Harmony House dried vegetable soup mix that we never use as a soup but more of a throw-a-handful-in-the pressure-cooker-with-whatever-we-are-cooking-for-a-vegetable-boost sort of thing. Seriously, I should buy this stuff by the case...
For instance, we've eaten a lot of dried carrots over the last few months due to the fact that carrots have been silly expensive of late and at best rather low quality. Looking down the shopping list it also becomes apparent that the same could be said for broccoli. At $3.69 a pound broccoli has us reaching for the dried stuff on a regular basis...
The other dried vegetables we use all the time is the Harmony House dried vegetable soup mix that we never use as a soup but more of a throw-a-handful-in-the pressure-cooker-with-whatever-we-are-cooking-for-a-vegetable-boost sort of thing. Seriously, I should buy this stuff by the case...
Friday, April 8, 2011
Seriously ono...
Ever wondered what Epic Meal Time would be like if they were not haole shark bait from Canada but hailed from an island in the Pacific?
Yeah, I thought so...
Ono...
Yeah, I thought so...
Ono...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Floating sweat shops...
It's a scary world...
We've touched upon about how a lot of the greed connected to big business commercial fishing is harmful to the environment. Sadly, it's easy to forget that there is a human toll as well... Check out the ever excellent "The Old Salt Blog" for more on the dark side.
We've touched upon about how a lot of the greed connected to big business commercial fishing is harmful to the environment. Sadly, it's easy to forget that there is a human toll as well... Check out the ever excellent "The Old Salt Blog" for more on the dark side.
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