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try a little sugar in yer rub... it turns into a crisp glaze a keeps in the juices... coat it with oil before you apply the rub...

made a brisket the other night... used charcoal and mesquite... rub was 2 tbsps salt, and paprika, tspn each of thyme, ground red pepper, black pepper, and sugar... sliced up three garlic cloves and inserted them into slits in the beef... it wuz great...

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went fer a stroll around the hometead tuhday with thekids... glad I took the camera...

these a couple of views of the house... the first is from the top of our drive... the second is from the pond down behind the house...

this is lookin' up the old lane towards the pasture...

this is lookin. down the lane towards the house from the direction of the pasture... I took the first pic from about where Jake is standin'...

this is the 2 acre pond behind the house...

beauty day... but cold... it's snowin' again... the roads are too treacherous to venture far...