Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[Bird]

Pecan Pie is my very favorite!!

Me, too. My wife made two Thanksgiving; one for me and one for our son-in-law.:laughing:

 

[Bird]

Jim- We would grill the rabbit much like you would grill a chicken breast. I found it a lot sweeter than the chicken. I once had a Chef in a high-end restaurant that made a Rabbit Pate. It was amazing but he said he would never do it again as it was too much work boning out 5 rabbits.

Charlie

When we lived down in Navarro County, our nearest neighbors and best friends there always had a big 4th of July BBQ. They had two good sized trailer mounted smokers; naturally always had lots of chicken and beef brisket, one year we included one small goat, and one year, I added 8 of my rabbits and every bite of the rabbits was eaten.

 

[pacerron]

Ron,
I bought the Light Keeper Pro to fix the shunts. Testing bulbs and plugs was the job of my ohm meters before the getting the Pro.
hugs, Brandi

I know Brandi
I tried my ohm meter first. The tiny wires were a bit hard to see with my old eyes and by the time I got the little miniature clip adapters for my probes
on each of the wires while trying to hold the tiny bulb and wiggle it a bit to get continuity I got frustrated. So after a couple minutes of that I just ran 3 volts through the bulb to see if it lit.

Letting the shunts complete the path is ok for a couple but the idea is to have colored lights aglow. Plus if you get too many shunts completing the circuit you will burn out a lot more bulbs. The shunts don't have as much resistance as the bulb filaments. Remember E=IR and the bulbs are in series
so there total resistance can handle 120 volts. At least that's what my wife says

 

[pacerron]

When we lived down in Navarro County, our nearest neighbors and best friends there always had a big 4th of July BBQ. They had two good sized trailer mounted smokers; naturally always had lots of chicken and beef brisket, one year we included one small goat, and one year, I added 8 of my rabbits and every bite of the rabbits was eaten.

I have a neighbor farmer a few miles from here that that raises rabbits. He is also our Nutrena feed dealer so we have a good source of properly
raised rabbits. Rabbit is sold frozen in the market we go to as well, but who knows where it came from.

 

[bindian]

We fed our bunnies Albers Rabbit Food or was it Albers Rabbit Ration? They also printed pamphlets on how to raise rabbits.
hugs, Brandi

 

[NativeSon]

The soup was great.
And tonight at snack time....homemade pecan pie :licking:

My wife believes in the saying, "Nothin says you love em, like somethin from the oven" :chef:

I agree... at least for starters.:jump::jump:

Ron- this is a pecan pie recipe I use to use at the restaurant.

Jack Daniel's Chocolate Pecan Pie


Rich pie with a touch of kentucky bourbon to enhance an already amazing pie. Chocolate and nutty, this is a great pie for serving to guests and family, especially during the holidays.

Ingredients -

1 (9 inch) Pastry Shell
3 Extra-Large Eggs
2 Extra-Large Egg Yolks
2/3 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Dark Corn Syrup
5 tablespoons Butter, melted
1/4 cup Jack Daniel's or Whiskey
1/2 cup chopped Bittersweet Chocolate or SemiSweet Chocolate Morsels
1-1/4 cups Pecan Halves or pieces

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Place pastry dough into pie plate.

3. Trim dough even with the plate edge.

4. Place the pie plate on baking sheet.

5. Combine eggs, egg yolks, and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk together until well mixed.

6. Fold in the corn syrup, butter and whiskey. Blend well.

7. Dust 1/3 cup of the chocolate pieces over the bottom of the pastry crust.

8. Pour in the pecan pie mixture.

9. Dust 1/2 cup of the pecans over the filling.

10. Dust remaining chocolate over pie filling and top with remaining pecans.

Lou may like this one.

Charlie

 

[Bird]

We fed our bunnies Albers Rabbit Food or was it Albers Rabbit Ration? They also printed pamphlets on how to raise rabbits.
hugs, Brandi

I fed Purina Rabbit Chow, and since I had no idea what I was doing when I started raising rabbits, I bought a very good book on the subject at Tractor Supply Co. The book was published by the American Rabbit Breeders Association.

 

[pacerron]

We fed our bunnies Albers Rabbit Food or was it Albers Rabbit Ration? They also printed pamphlets on how to raise rabbits.
hugs, Brandi

Brandi,
Your too young for the era back when animal feed used to come in pretty printed cloth sacks.
Maybe your lucky that way. Moms and grandmas used to make their daughters pretty little blouses
from the feed sacks.

Here is a little bunny raised on Albers
Rabbit feed is very basic compared to calf manna, but I'm surprised it has no Lysine.
We used to supplement our young horses with calf manna. It really helped them fill out.

We have a cat now that we got as a freebie at the animal shelter a couple years ago when they
had a free give away cat day. Within 2 weeks she had the sniffles and was sneezing out flem stuff.
Anti-biotics, Lysine and other goodies at the vet keep her breathing well for about 6 weeks with us using a childs vaporizer
next to her bed 2-3 times a day. We even make salt water nose drops to clear her up.
Some free cat :thumbdown: She is costing a bundle, but is the most loveable cat I have ever been around.
Most cats are like our barn cats, they could care less about people except at feed time.

The little bear in the second picture is made from cookie dough. One of my wife's associates made it and gave it to her
at Christmas time over 30 years ago.

 

[sseelhoff]

Ron- this is a pecan pie recipe I use to use at the restaurant.

Jack Daniel's Chocolate Pecan Pie


Rich pie with a touch of kentucky bourbon to enhance an already amazing pie. Chocolate and nutty, this is a great pie for serving to guests and family, especially during the holidays.

Ingredients -

1 (9 inch) Pastry Shell
3 Extra-Large Eggs
2 Extra-Large Egg Yolks
2/3 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Dark Corn Syrup
5 tablespoons Butter, melted
1/4 cup Jack Daniel's or Whiskey
1/2 cup chopped Bittersweet Chocolate or SemiSweet Chocolate Morsels
1-1/4 cups Pecan Halves or pieces

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Place pastry dough into pie plate.

3. Trim dough even with the plate edge.

4. Place the pie plate on baking sheet.

5. Combine eggs, egg yolks, and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk together until well mixed.

6. Fold in the corn syrup, butter and whiskey. Blend well.

7. Dust 1/3 cup of the chocolate pieces over the bottom of the pastry crust.

8. Pour in the pecan pie mixture.

9. Dust 1/2 cup of the pecans over the filling.

10. Dust remaining chocolate over pie filling and top with remaining pecans.

Lou may like this one.

Charlie

That sounds like it would be AWESOME. Thanks for posting that recipe.

 

[Bird]

Brandi,
Your too young for the era back when animal feed used to come in pretty printed cloth sacks.
Maybe your lucky that way. Moms and grandmas used to make their daughters pretty little blouses
from the feed sacks.

It wasn't just blouses for the girls. I was the oldest of 5; had 2 brothers and 2 sisters, and there were times when whichever kid needed a new shirt or blouse would go with Dad to pick out the feed sack(s) he/she wanted it made from. It seemed like my Mother was always sewing on something. I was given things such as white "dress" shirts for church for Christmas and/or birthdays, but I still remember the first time I ever went into a store and bought a shirt. I was 15 years old and was going to Dallas to the Stamps Quartet School of Music in the Summer of 1955 and I went and bought 3 new shirts to take with me.

Now who can remember the name of the material that was popular in 1955; almost see through for shirts?