Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

Now, that's a thought, @animalmom! Do you know where I can get a gallon of linseed oil for a reasonable price?

@Devonviolet http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-1-gal-Boiled-Linseed-Oil-GLO45/100203798 $23.96
... your local Home Depot may vary on the price.

While I have you... on a totally different topic; can I use 90% rubbing alcohol to make orange oil? All the recipes I've read call for vodka. What's the difference? Do you know?

Rubbing alcohol ingredients are petroleum derived. Vodka is grain alcohol. One you drink and one you definitely don't drink.

Rubbing alcohol is methanol based - kind of like when they tell you moonshine can make you blind. That's from improper distilling and methanol being in the finished product, instead of ethanol. Ethanol is what is is whiskey/vodka etc.

If you want to make it stronger,I'd suggest using Everclear.

I DO plan on inviting those interested for another grilling escapade... Right now though, it's just too danged hot and humid to enjoy it. Now if I had a cabana and a nice swimming pool we could cool off in, it might be another story altogether Looking at a target time of late September for another get together. The other issue is there haven't been any sales on (good) rib eyes of late. If I'm gonna have folks over for steak (or grilled anything), I want to make sure it's the best.

Speaking of which, I have a steak sitting out on the back porch rail (in a zip lock) defrosting. Guess what I'm having for dinner! Just checked with HEB and they do have the good rib eyes at a lower price right now. The best rib eyes are $20/pound (select prime), & that's a bit out of my price range I'm afraid. Maybe I'll take a detour coming home from Shreveport on Monday and check them out. The nearest store to me is in Carthage. They taste just as good coming out of the freezer as they do fresh IMHO

Casein allergy...well you wouldn't want milk from the line my buck is from as that is the point of his whole breeding, higher level of casein. You may find that your reaction to their milk is different at different times of their lactation cycle. Did your test say what kind of casein you are allergic to, cows and goats are different.

Latestarter said:

I DO plan on inviting those interested for another grilling escapade... Right now though, it's just too danged hot and humid to enjoy it. Now if I had a cabana and a nice swimming pool we could cool off in, it might be another story altogether Looking at a target time of late September for another get together. The other issue is there haven't been any sales on (good) rib eyes of late. If I'm gonna have folks over for steak (or grilled anything), I want to make sure it's the best.

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Got a water sprinkler?

A couple of blocks of ice in the Hot tub might work....

Latestarter said:

I think they may have "expired" last century Those will be the next ones I make. I'll let you know how they taste when I do them.

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Assuming you are still alive afterward

Latestarter said:

The other issue is there haven't been any sales on (good) rib eyes of late. If I'm gonna have folks over for steak (or grilled anything), I want to make sure it's the best.

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Invite @OneFineAcre, maybe he'll give you a "BYH Friend" price

Bruce said:

Assuming you are still alive afterward


Invite @OneFineAcre, maybe he'll give you a "BYH Friend" price

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You can't get beef from the grocery store like home raised because of the dry aging.
Beef in the grocery store is wet aged for about 3 days which isn't really aged.

You can actually buy beef from the grocery store and dry age it in your fridge if you want to go thru the effort> it is worth the effort if you are so inclined.

Also some of these methods of cooking a steak like reverse searing actually adds a dry age to the steak.

It really takes a lot more effort and a lot of folks don't see the need to do it but it's definitely worth it.