Shop Talk Virtual BBQ and Hammer-in

Bigblue17 said:
I think it was the new fish tank that did it. I moved it on Christmas morning from the living room to my daughter's bedroom. Who knew a ten gallon aquarium filled with water, gravel plants and fish would weigh so damn much! Well, anyway, I now out of knife making action for a bit after aggravating a spinal nerve condition. Swelling, acute persistent pain, and numbness are at the point where I can't work.

But...... I can still cook.

I am a retired chef who has always had interest in the varied regional cuisines of North America. I spent a great deal of my career in the Washington DC area working for a large organization. There, while exploring my culinary interests I was also responsible for standardizing recipes for use in our satellite stores and restaurants. Inevitably this process included conducting what amounted to "virtual cooking classes" designed to teach the extended culinary department how to do stuff.

That's what I'd like to do as my contribution to the BBQ portion of this thread. For the knife portion, I can't make them at the moment, but I will show some of what's in my kit and what I've been using for years.

In essence this will be a photo tutorial done in much the same manner as a knife WIP: complete recipes, detailed instruction focusing on the hands-on process, lots of photos and possibly a video. The ingredient list will be simple and be representative what anyone should be able to find at the local mart.... anywhere in the world. The tools and techniques will be representative of "industry standards", but yet standards that are quite user friendly and achievable for the kitchen novice- yet intriguing for the seasoned pro. Moreover though, I hope to make this fun.

Now.... what do I cook.

I mentioned my love of varied regional cuisines. So, I think instead of Stacy's proposed BBQ, I'm gonna hold a Cape Breton Caileigh. There'll be music and dancing and laughter.... but most of all there will be food. I'm going to take some classic maritime recipes and give them a bit of a twist.

A full meal's menu to follow this evening.

If anyone's interested, grab a fiddle, c'mon ova n fill yur boots.
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Not something that should be read at work, at the end of your shift and starving
 
The BBQ Sticky is up.

All who make a WIP and want it in the sticky, please make an intro as follows:

It should be in this format:

Your forum name
The WIP name and type
Brief description of project



Example:
Knifemaker1234
Recurve Hunter - Weekend Project
This is a build WIP on making a recurve hunter in L-6 and fitting a stag crown handle. It will cover the HT I use for L-6 as well as how I carve the Stag Crown.



If someone has a favorite WIP in their saved files, post it in this thread or send me a PM/email and I will link it.
Lets try and keep the BBQ filled with good tutorial WIP build projects, not informational ones.
A WIP on "making a frontier hawk" would be great. A WIP on "My latest knife - Lots of photos", is probably not what we need in the BBQ-hammer-In.
 
Lisa is getting ready to start on some Tomahawks tonight..Ill see what I can do with that..
 
hey...
i noticed that a couple completed WIP threads got posted up. i happen to have just finished a pretty good one... can i put that in there?
 
I can make a WIP on how I make a mess of my shop floor, get plant parts all over the place and end up with a finished knife that I throw in a bucket under my bench.... :-D
 
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