How to smoke briskets on La Caja China

Hey all,
One of the facts that is often bemoaned about cooking with La Caja China (the Cuban roasting box) is that it’s hard to get an authentic smoked flavor with it.
There is an electric smoke unit that can be purchased, along with special pellet canisters, and attached to the unit (after drilling a hole through [...]

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Fred Meyer offers chance to win $10K for baby or toddler’s college fund

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Moms and dads looking for ways to stretch their household budget are getting a boost from Comforts®, a line of products for babies and toddlers made and marketed by The Kroger Co. Comforts is expanding its product line-up, offering a wide variety of quality products parents want for their children. To help launch the [...]

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New Writing Gig

Hey all,
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve just been hired as the “Portland Fatherhood Examiner” at Examiner.com. I’ll be posting several times a week, and linking here, so you should get those posts as part of the regular updates.
I’m pretty excited to get to be the “Voice of Dad” for our area. [...]

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Restaurant City Tips

Hey all,

Okay, so I’ve given up bullets for BBQ and switched from Facebook’s “Mobwars” to “Restaurant City” as my game of choice.

Here’s a few tips I’ve learned as a newbie:

1. When you’re not going to be playing (off-line) for a while, block your door with an award, or a potted plant, or something. This will [...]

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Luau Pork Shoulders in the Caja China

Hey all,
Roasted up 4 pork shoulders (6lb ea) in the Caja yesterday for my little girl’s birthday Luau. They came out great!

After bringing the shoulders to temp, I scored the fat cap and rubbed them with coarse sea salt and liquid smoke.

Then wrapped them in banana leaves (couldn’t find Ti leaves) tied with string, then [...]

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Happy Independence Day

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That [...]

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Great video on Fireworks safety for kids

Thought this was a great “how-to” video. Mostly common sense, but good info anyway.
http://video.about.com/childparenting/Children-and-Fireworks-Safety.htm
-Perry

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