Man, went to Gordon Biersch tonight. Had the Swordfish with Jumbo Shrimp on the side. De-****ing-lish. Would the whole thing again. Highly recommend.

Sounds like crème fraîche.

Mrs. FMB! Is determined to make shepherd's pie for lunch.

I've had crema which was different than this. This was thick. It wasn't thinner than ours. She told me it was the Mexican's sour cream.

According to this page, crema is Mexican sour cream.Then in the first paragraph says it's the Mexican version of French crème fraîche.

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/h...our-cream.aspx

It's really good, I picked some up a couple weeks ago.

Well, I made a cheesy redneck trashcan smoker for low temp stuff like sausage. It's electric, so it'll only get to about 250 degrees, so it's very safe. Yes, I know, it's cheating since it's electric, but I've been out of town for a week with the family, and I had too much to do to mess with my WSM smoker, so, I thought I'd try bbq chicken for easter, with a couscous salad, and tater salad I make with cilantro, peas, cheese, and bacon. The results were damned good. Especially for a trashcan. The rods running through the top are for hanging sausages btw. As you can see in the pic, she held 220 degrees for the 4 hours I ran it.

What's the configuration under the lid? And is the bottom cut out, or just holes?

Did she?

No. Unfortunately, she was more determined to do a shitload of yard work, and after we got done, she didn't want to do anything (neither did I, for that matter).

There are three bolts run through the sides about two thirds of the way up that a grate sits on then em two more sets of bolts about six inches from the bottom and four inches from the bottom for a second grate and a 16" pie pan that I put wood chips in. I cut a hole right at the bottom edgs for a heating element that has a control knob. There is a mounting plate on the heating element so the temp control knob is on the outside of the smoker along with the plug in. It's pretty slick for stuff I mostly had in my shop. I got the element off eBay for $39

Sweeeeet!

Really wish I had a St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail in front of me right now.

Dinner tonight— a hunk of ham.

Try St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail flambé.

I can see a new horizon.

Lewdog has been cutting for about a month. Down 12 lbs so far.

Low carb dinner here. Ground turkey mixed with pork chorizo. Topped with Mexican cheese blend, black beans, onions, fire roasted green chilies, salsa and jalapenos.

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