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I've done a couple more cooks recently. In late November we entered another BBQ contest, this one's theme was Thanksgiving Leftovers, which had to be incorporated into the entry. This was a virtual contest, so judging was based on the description of the cook, plus the plating and photography. This was our entry: We had leftover cherry-glazed prime rib, and sausage-stuffed mushrooms from a BBQ dinner shortly before Thanksgiving (described earlier in this thread), so for my entry I included a few mushrooms, and cubed a bit of the prime rib and served on toothpicks with a topping of very hot (Inglehoffer) horseradish sauce. I had also smoked a pan of olives, coated with garlic and spices, so I wiped a few of the green olives clean of the oil and spices and used them in a vodka martini. They imparted a wonderful, subtle smokiness to the drink. From our Thanksgiving dinner, I sliced leftover baked sweet potatoes then used a small drinking glass to cut medallions out of the center of each slice, topping all with a scoop of the brown sugar compound butter The cranberry sauce beneath the croquettes was homemade, but what I really feel makes my version stand out is a healthy amount of both fresh grated ginger and orange zest. They really make the flavors pop. The Day After Thanksgiving Croquettes were my wife's brilliant idea...I'd have never thought of it, and they were so, so very good. We diced some of our leftover turkey and formed meatballs by mixing in leftover stuffing. We settled on 'our' stuffing recipe years ago...it starts with the bread, spices, and sauted celery and onion one would expect. It also contains pecans, dried cranberries, dried apricots, and fried andouille sausage. The 'other' ingredients make up the bulk of the stuffing...by weight, only about 1/3 of it is bread. The turkey/stuffing balls were then coated in beaten egg, rolled in panko breadcrumbs-repeating twice, to build up a thicker coating. Then they were pan fried in about an inch of oil, rolling them around constantly for maybe 8 minutes until the outside was crisp. I was really happy with the entry, and expecting another first place finish, but there were other really strong entries. We ended up second in the judges voting. Just yesterday, I smoked a ham, starting with a commercial, spiral-sliced ham but dispensing with the glaze packet and instead coating the individual slices with maple syrup and rub. I was using a homemade clone of the commercial Jeff's Original rub. The ham smoked for 4 hours over hickory and cherry wood. It was our 100th cook on our Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker. It proved to be a pretty good Christmas present, 9 years ago.

Has anyone been stopped while carrying by the local PD and if so, how did it go.........

Recently Cindy and I purchased a whole box of jewelry at an estate sale and while going through it we came across what we have found to be a POW/MIA bracelet. I did some research and found this as well as other information about this hero who sacrificed his life. https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000tokrLEAQ It turns out Capt. Ivan was from South River NJ. I would like to get this to a family member if possible especially if these are something a family member would like to have. I would love for a person with a connection to Capt. Ivan have it. I want no money and would cover postage to get it to his descendants. If anyone could offer any suggestions or advice it would be appreciated.

In the infamous words of Mr. Jim Cirillo...." it always galls me when I hear someone say " Oh that weapon is much too heavy to carry"....To this I say, When you get in a gunfight, you will wish you had the biggest, heaviest, largest bore handgun you could get your hands on".

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really cool piece of history

I have one of Mrs Cleaver and Eddie Haskel (I can't Post) Eddie says" You look lovely today Mrs. Cleaver, but when I asked to see the Beaver... well never mind.

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The magazine limit applies only to the magazine. Having another round in the chamber is fine. Conversely, having a magazine capable of feeding more than 10 rounds into a semi-auto firearm is a felony, regardless of whether you own or possess the firearm. People need to use caution. E.g. the Ruger American Ranch rifle uses the same magazines as an AR-15. You cannot have a 30 round mag for the Ruger, because the magazine can feed a semi-auto, regardless of whether that's what you're doing with it.