The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

I've never heard of ice fishing for smelt. My father used to go up to Pulaski NY to catch smelt in the Salmon River in the spring, usually in the creeks that ran into the river. He used a dip net at night with a lantern and would come home with hundreds of them, five gallon pails full of them. The little fishes were 6-8 inches. Take the heads off, gut them, dust them with flour, toss them in the deep fryer. Eat them bones and all. They were delicious. I haven't heard of anyone going since the early '90s. Don't know if it just isn't as popular as it used to be, or if there just isn't that many anymore.

 

[Double Kindness]

I guess I'm just premature with my eggs hatching, yes it's my first hatch. Agh.

I made caramel today, and I'm about to pull this beautiful brisket out of the oven in 3 more hours

. Between the incubator and the brisket, I'm hovering too much.

 

[hennible]

Oh man your making me want to fire up the incubator again

 

[ronott1]

Oh man your making me want to fire up the incubator again

You could wait until the Easter Hatch a Long.

 

[ronott1]

I guess I'm just premature with my eggs hatching, yes it's my first hatch. Agh.

I made caramel today, and I'm about to pull this beautiful brisket out of the oven in 3 more hours
. Between the incubator and the brisket, I'm hovering too much.

I am cooking a pot of home made pasta sauce--uses 5 pounds of roma tomatoes. It smells amazing. The sauce is for a different day but I have time to day because of the MLK holiday. I am going to go get some chicken breast marinating for stir fry and start a double batch of basmati rice for the rice to go along with the stir fry.

The bator will work without watching it--the brisket will also braise.

 

[Peep_Show]

@hennible
Brisket does that to you?

 

[chickadoodles]

I've never heard of ice fishing for smelt. My father used to go up to Pulaski NY to catch smelt in the Salmon River in the spring, usually in the creeks that ran into the river. He used a dip net at night with a lantern and would come home with hundreds of them, five gallon pails full of them. The little fishes were 6-8 inches. Take the heads off, gut them, dust them with flour, toss them in the deep fryer. Eat them bones and all. They were delicious. I haven't heard of anyone going since the early '90s. Don't know if it just isn't as popular as it used to be, or if there just isn't that many anymore.

In Calif. they run on the full moon and you go to the beach and they come up out of the water jumping and will jump right into your buckets. I never tried to eat any just used them for bait.

Double K mine start hatching Sat. and every few days till the first almost the 2nd week in Feb. I am still collecting to hatch.

Your brisket looks wonderful!

We had a pot of lima's with a 1/4 of a ham sliced into it with some corn bread.

 

[chickisoup]

@vehve
Ok, I've been good. BUT!!! I can't help it!!! I've got to ask.
Had the " {back} side effects" worn off from Sunday dinner before you all stuffed into that little, very toasty, fish camp????

 

[chickadoodles]

Ron when is the Easter hatch a long?

 

[hennible]

You could wait until the Easter Hatch a Long.

No can't do that one either... I Must be strong I must finish ( start and finish ) my new coop before I do anything with that incubator... also I should butcher the 12 birds that I need to do before I can even touch my incubator again -cries a bit-

@hennible Brisket does that to you?

Always has