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Comment on Seafaring history by Casey Yeaton

Casey Yeaton — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:31:12 +0000

Great write up Chuck!

Comment on A piece of pork, new to me by captbecker

captbecker — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:21:22 +0000

Mary Beth,

So glad that you gave this a try and liked it. It still amazes me that such an affordable cut of meat can come off the grill so tender, moist, and flavorful. Enjoy!

All the best,
Chuck

Comment on A piece of pork, new to me by Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:50:40 +0000

Thank you for your easy to follow and very simple directions. I had a couple of packages of these pork blade steaks in the freezer. I find bargains on meats that are marked down a few days before their “sell by” dates and throw them in the freezer when I get home. I figure out later what I’ll do with them. I was not real familiar with this cut, and was going to trim them and grind them for my meatball mix or patties or something. I decided to look up directions for grilling them- as, like you, I have a three-burner gas Weber. I am a cautious meat griller, as I don’t cook loads and loads of steaks and burgers. I constantly look up the times for the meats that I plan to cook.

So, I followed your instructions almost exactly. I sprayed a little olive oil over my steaks, did the salt and pepper, and threw some cherry chips in my cast iron smoker box while the grill heated up. the meat was done at a perfect medium rare to medium in about 11 minutes. Absolutely yummy! My DH who is wary of meat that isn’t well done was over the moon with this simple and quick preparation.

Since I have another package of the same pork blade steaks in the freezer, I have a feeling they will be on the menu for our next date night. Thank you, Capt. Becker!

Comment on Using wood chips in a Weber Propane Grill (WPG) by gsry

gsry — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:19:33 +0000

Great, informative, cooking methods with smoke
I’m o novice, but am looking forward to trying your methods. Thanks

Comment on zfacts is wrong again by captbecker

captbecker — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:20:41 +0000

Patrick, I posted a reply that was critical of your statement, but now that I’ve re-read the entire thread, I trashed it. I’m not completely sure what you’re intending to say, but you’re certainly welcome to say it. Regards/Chuck.

Comment on zfacts is wrong again by Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:40:24 +0000

Not so easy to write to Zfacts Bob.

From Zfacts…”The green line shows what would have happened to the national debt if Reagan and the Bushes had balanced their budgets as Reagan claimed he would. G.W. Bush, in all modesty, claimed he would “retire nearly $1 trillion in debt over the next four years. This will be the largest debt reduction ever achieved by any nation at any time.”

Conservatives are quite embarrassed by this performance, so they have invented a cover story: The Democratic Congress did it. Nice try. But for 12 of the 20 years the Congress was not Democratic”….

No, that’s not wrong, except 8 of those 12 years were Clinton years. Just because something’s not wrong doesn’t mean it’s not deceitful. Reagan and H.W.Bush had a D House their entire presidency. From December 1987 til December 1994 both Houses were Democratic. Mind you, this article is about Reagan and Bushes. Gee, what a surprise, when when Repubs had a Congressional majority in the mid 90′s the gross national debt as a % of GDP dropped.

Bottom line….this site is a joke and so is anyone who tries to defend it.

Comment on How Big Media leads to Big Government by Chris4Gkids

Chris4Gkids — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:27:29 +0000

Another “Gotta agree with you.”
My blog today is similar, “Remember to vote in your local elections; they’re important too.”

Comment on Unconditional love by Chris4Gkids

Chris4Gkids — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:20:13 +0000

Nice job – This is a blog that concisely states a fruit cocktail of thoughts & ideas that I had.

Comment on Dear 99%ers by Millard J Melnyk

Millard J Melnyk — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:25:55 +0000

You raise some good points, but your priorities are out of whack.

The problems are systemic, but that’s not their root. They are now systemic because over a long period–many decades–they have systematically been introduced and reinforced into our system. By “system” I mean the whole enchilada: social, political, economic, educational, philosophical, and even religious aspects of our society.

The answer is NOT “work harder” within a corrupt, broken system.

And, I’m sorry, your comments make it very clear to us, the 33%, that you have no clue what it’s like in this strata, nor are your “solutions” remotely to the point.

Comment on The Rachel Maddow – Hoover Dam joke by RK

RK — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:42:58 +0000

The cognitive gymnastics that it takes to be a believing progressive… staggering. I think I pulled a neuron just trying to imagine what it’s like to be in her head.