Sunday, June 1, 2008

Update

It's been nearly a month since I last posted. Where'd the time go?? It's not that I haven't had things to post...I just haven't gotten around to it for one reason or another.

This past week was the last week of photography class. It was a fun class. I like going on field trips better than strictly classroom time. We didn't have any class outings after my last post, but, I've been out a few times with the camera anyway.

Some mushrooms I found a few weeks ago:
From Below

Then, I had to go to Springfield for several days for work. It sounds like I have to go again this week for several days, and maybe again next week. Not sure yet... But I did take a couple of pictures one night:
Train Station Up Close

Other than that....let's see. I got the garden in a couple weeks ago. It isn't looking as good as I had hoped, but, it's coming along.

Oh! Ritter got engaged!! It was pretty cool! The Peoria Jaycees held a scavenger hunt, which was a lot of fun, and at the end, up in the heights tower he proposed. Everyone, including their parents / family were 'in the know', J.O. was the only one kept in the dark. Ritter was so focused on the proposal, that he nearly proposed to the wrong person!! The elevator doors opened, and he was expecting it to be J.O., but, it was someone else! Ritter was already in motion before he realized that it was NOT J.O. on the elevator that time (she was on the next run). Then, J.O. was so shocked, she had to confirm that it wasn't a joke, and that Ritter was, in fact, serious! LOL In the end, J.O. accepted and we all headed out to Ritter's parents place for a little celebration. Anyway, it was a great time! Congrats John and J.O.!!!

The pool of death has taken it's first victims in the past week. Little bastards!!

Oh, and I got in another practice round with the smoker!

Pulled Pork Sandwich

I threw a 5lb pork butt on the smoker Memorial Day weekend. That is what 12 hours on a smoker looks like! I've been doing some reading, and it seems that even though the rule of thumb is 1 hour to 1.5 hours per pound, it isn't uncommon to go quite a bit longer. I still was surprised by how long it took, but, feel better about the process. This pulled pork had great flavor and was nice and tender. Could have been a bit juicier, but, it wasn't bad. Without bread, it was awesome! But, with bread...it could use a bit more juice. I'm curious how much difference there would be with a 10lb roast since all I've done so far is 4-5lb roasts. I didn't want to chance screwing up a large one while I was trying to learn how to run the smoker.

6 comments:

Jeff said...

Lets see Tims goes into that he has his first victims for the pool of the death and them mentions that he tried to smoker again.

Coincidence, I do not think so.

tsheets said...

Damn! You're pretty sharp, Jeff! ;-)

Lola Takes Pictures said...

awesome awesome pics, tim--as usual. love those mushrooms. it's a great image.

now i'm hungry for pulled pork. looks like it came out very tasty.

My Flock Rocks! said...

Nice pics! The pork looks delicious! We still have to try our smoker...incentive? hmmmm...

And thanks for posting about the POD. We have a real problem with the chip n' dales at our house. I was just trying to remember who blogged about it. I am setting up a pod today!

tsheets said...

Thanks, lola / flock!

It was delicious!

The POD rocks! Actually, I need to set it up again. :-)

My Flock Rocks! said...

I caught one 'munk in our 20,000 gallon POD...no sunflower seeds required...I think it swam itself to death :(