The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...

The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

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Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Tomorrow we may come this way...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Ramius]

Hmmm... not much... but it's something:

Additives that are marketed as septic tank cleaners, rejuvenators, or primers are not needed. Most of these additives won’t harm your system, but they don’t help them either. Some of these additives are strong chemicals that can harm a septic system.

From:
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1161.html

Yahknow... you really know that you have no life when you're sitting around on a friday night googling for info on septic tanks. [sigh] :-)

[JenB]

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

[Ramius]

Roger that... Twin Peaks was an awesome show. It was filmed actually just a few miles from where I'm sitting. Up at the Snoqualmie Lodge. The hills in the Twin Peaks opening shot... I can see from my office. One of them is Mount Si.

[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, here's the line of the night...

[Ramius]

Ohdeargod. ROTFL.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah, we liked what we saw of it. I did the conference in Seattle in 1991 when Twin Peaks was still on (or just over).

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Click the pic!

[HairOfTheDog]

I have no response to that... ;~D

[Corin Stormhands]

I think there's a full moon out tonite.

Check out this thread.

[Corin Stormhands]

I'm not gonna say it...I'm not gonna say it...I'm not gonna say it...

[Ramius]

It was a full moon a couple days ago.

Say what you want... full moons bring it out.

Brain tides.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Alder Plank Salmon is the signature dish of Anthony's Restaurants here in the Puget Sound area. An absolute delicacy. Alder and Cedar Plank Salmon is very common in this area -- in fact I have 3 Alder Planks sitting in my pantry now. We BBQ salmon about once a week, and occasionally I will do so on an Alder Plank over low heat. It imparts a mildly smokey flavor to the fish -- it's fantastic.

[Corin Stormhands]

~sigh~

[Corin Stormhands]

'nite folks

[SuziQ]

apparently you immerse and saturate the plank in water... so that's why it doesn't burn up.

Same concept with wooden teriyaki skewers; you soak em well before you load the meat onto them.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I saw some planks for sale at the fish market and couldn't figure out they are used

It's really easy...you just soak the plank in water for a couple of hours and be sure to keep your grill heat low. The water saturates the plank and prevents it catching on fire -- some folks soak the planks for 4 hours or more if they have a whole side of salmon, but usually I just have filet and 2 hours is plenty. Some people put a cup of wine in the water while the plank is soaking. You cook the salmon slowly over low heat (takes about 20-25 minutes this way). And hang on to that olive oil...use it with some dill mixed in and baste the salmon with it...that's a nice touch. Up here we have lots of rubs for salmon that can be used by themselves or with a light brush of olive oil on the fish first.

Buy the planks and try it next time you see them. Some folks go so far as to use alder chips with the BBQ briquets and an alder plank to cook the salmon on -- but I'm sold on my SS gas grill.

[300winmag]

WTF is he thinkin' sleepin' undressed in a combat zone?... his Sgt and his Platoon Commander need a boot to the head...

that said, I'm sure we can come up with somethin'...

I've been googling. I've found genuine marpat cammo gear online, but not coveralls (yet). I've found 3-color DCU coveralls. Just no combination of the two, yet. The stuff must be out there somewhere.

However, I will certainly mail out a Camillus "Black Ops" (just finished the handwork on one yesterday) and pocket knife on Monday.

He may be wanting coveralls, but any Marine would love a fighting knife even more.

[ExGeeEye]

Thanks for handling the knifage. From what I got from the mom, DCU coveralls are probably 'zackly the thing. I'll compose an inquiry e-mail and freepmail it to you for comment before sending it on. I'd like to contribute something, either by reimbursing costs of buying coveralls or adding additional items to the package or some combination.

[Rebelbase]

"Same concept with wooden teriyaki skewers; you soak em well before you load the meat onto them."

Thanks for the tip! Now I know why the ends of my bamboo shiskabob skwewers have always burn off.

[Rebelbase]

From what i've read about it, alder gets high ratings for smoking fish. I've never seen any here on the east coast and I don't even think it grows here. Hickory and mesquite are avaiable in the stores. Sometimes apple, cherry and pecan come into play if I know someone who has some of those trees on their property.

Oh yeah, a couple of years ago the high-dollar grocery store was selling bags of chipped up old wine barrels for smoking chips. It never did anything for me.