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Make Your Own Barbecue Mop!

September 2nd, 2009
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I love the site WikiHow.  I always stop by their place on my daily wandering around the World Wide Webernet.  My son and I have done a couple of cool projects based on their ideas and I think I just found another good reason to visit Lowes for materials.  This article demonstrates how to make [...]

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Consumer Reports Intermittent Test Failures

September 2nd, 2009
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I am a fan of Consumer Reports.  Not because I take their word on every purchase, but because they are a great starting point for research before buying a big ticket item.  I guess this is the nerd in me, but I pay more attention to the details in their tests than I do the [...]

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Grilled Potato Salad with Ranch and Bacon

September 1st, 2009
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Tired of the same old potato salad?  Maybe you are and like me, looked up a bunch of recipes that had more ingredients for the sauce than in the rest of the salad combined?  I tend to skip right past those recipes, especially if I waited until the last minute (again) to try and plan [...]

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When Brining Goes Bad

August 18th, 2009
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I am sitting here 3 hours after dinner and I still can’t get enough to drink.  I have already had 4 glasses of water and a diet Sunkist (so delicious, you can’t tell it’s diet!) and I still can’t quench my thirst.  Why, you ask?  Because I just choked down a turkey breast that I [...]

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In Praise of Badia, My Default Seasoning

August 13th, 2009

Oh, the garlicky deliciousness (is garlicky a word?)!  Someone asked me the other day what seasoning I like best.  There are so many great seasonings out there that go well with different meats and vegetables.  I have a cupboard full of them, but my “go-to seasoning” right now if Badia Complete Seasoning.  It goes great [...]

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Home Depot Propane Robot

August 4th, 2009

I had my first experience with Home Depots automatic propane exchange center today.  It felt like a cross between a game show where I had to guess which storage chamber would open, and a jail break where I freed the tank from its cell.  If you haven’t tried it, it is a bizarre use of [...]

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Grilled Mahi Fish Tacos

July 29th, 2009

Fish tacos seem to just be starting to get popular over here on the East coast.  I guess that’s a big assumption, but I hadn’t actually had one until about a year ago, which is weird given the fact that I have lived around fresh seafood my whole life here in Florida.  As soon as [...]

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Outdoor Kitchen Design Resource

July 26th, 2009
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Link to outdoor kitchen design resource.

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Less Propane, Same Cost

July 23rd, 2009
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Did you know you have been paying the same amount for less propane than you were getting last year?  If you use the popular tank exchange method for getting gas, you probably have been.  Two to three pounds less, to be exact!  I guess I never paid attention to how much was in the tank [...]

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WikiHow – Make Your Own Apron and Hat

July 23rd, 2009
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Can’t find an apron that captures your true BBQ style?  How about making your own?  While you are at it, make a matching hat, why not??  WikiHow has an article with step by step directions on how to make both.  This looks like an awful lot of work to me and I can’t see myself [...]

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