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This morning, I’m cooking ribs.
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I understand that I might be a little extra when it comes to my ribs. In generally, I follow the 3-2-1 method. That means three hours on the grill, spritzing every 15 minutes, two hours steamed, and then one last hour with a glaze.
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The ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender. I’m actually playing around a little with the cooking times because I’d like meat that’s still tender, but adhering to the bone.
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So for this cook, I’m doing one hour of smoke (with the grill at 160), then I turn the temp up to 225 and I think for 1.5 hours, I’ll do the spritz every 15 minutes.
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Then, I’ll probably also shorten the amount of time in the steamer, just 1.5 hours.
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I usually have to judge how fall-apart the ribs are after I steam them. If they’re really falling apart, I’ll just do 15 minutes to set the glaze. I’d like to keep them on for longer, though.
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In addition, I’m using a suya-based rub, which means peanut powder is the main ingredient. I learned about it on a cooking competition from Martel Stone. When I went looking for it, I figured out quickly that all the varieties of it came with chilies of some sort, and I just can’t do nightshades. So I made my own version.
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I haven’t been happy about how the suya performed. It seemed to disappear no matter how much of the spice I rubbed onto the meat.
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Recently, I watched a show with Martel on it and he talked about using the suya. One of the hints that he gave was that you had to sprinkle more suya on the meat once it was finished. That will really bring out the flavor.
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So I’m going to try that with my ribs. As Martel said, what goes good with suya? More suya.
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ION, I’m doing a lot of behind-the-scenes prep work for launching myself successfully into live sales. You’ll see more about that in the coming weeks as the number of picture-worthy items grow.
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Let’s just say that I’m leaning heavily into quirky. And I blame Lisa Owen for it all.
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I haven’t been reading much this year. I went and counted and realized I’m only at 27 books for the year. I’d like to try to read 10 more books before the end of the year. We’ll see.
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I feel as though I’m making a lot of changes, in my writing, in my life. As everything is still mid-process, I won’t really talk about these things until more of it settles out.
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We harvested all the apples a couple weekends ago. We didn’t have that many, and so were able to use up all of them. We made apple pie filling, apple shrub, apple chutney (that’s the sauce going on the ribs, BTW) as well as dried apple slices (which I’ll just eat as a snack, as well as break into pieces for tea).
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One of the things I’m planning on doing this afternoon is coming up with the LIST OF LISTS, all the things that I need to do. Then, I have to prioritize them. What really needs to be done? What can be given to Blaze? What can just be struck off forever?
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And I guess that’s it from me today.
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Daring starship captain? Check.
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Best friend/deadly assassin? Check.
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Rosey may, perhaps, be a little upset when the hacker that Jamaal hires steals the alien data core that he was supposed to decode.
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Of course, he has a secret lair on a volcano. What super villain wouldn’t?
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Breaking into this stronghold is only the start of the “juvenile delinquency” that Rosey and the gang must take on to get it back.
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Alien Codex—the second book in the Live Alien Contact series—is full of cons, capers, and misdirection.
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Be sure to read the rest of this finished series!
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Available from the KRP store Oct 10. Generally available Oct 21.
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To celebrate the release of the NEW science fiction series by Leah R Cutter (Live Alien Contact) the first novel in her other science fiction series (The Long Run) is on sale for only $0.99!
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The Universal Trading Cartel has Judit trapped.
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Her choices stink: prison down on a planet, or serving the Cartel as another peon in their soul-crushing machine.
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Her savior? An alien trying to break the stranglehold the Cartel has over all trade.
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Her job? Command an experimental spaceship containing more secrets than anyone will ever imagine, let alone believe. Enough to get them all killed if the truth ever comes out.
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Her shadowy boss calls it Project Nemesis.
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She’ll be free of the Cartel or die trying.
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Project Nemesis—the first book in the space opera series The Long Run—takes you on a wild ride with aliens, corporate espionage, and, oh yeah, lots of snark.
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Be sure to read all the books in this completed series!
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