horst Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Was cutting up and wrapping the deer my son got yesterday morning.I had the meat saw and everything else out so I decided, why not make jerkey while im at it, seemed easier then freezing everything then dragging it all back out again. So I started slicing the strips for the jerkey and got 5 or 6 lbs of it cut up when it dawned on me I had absolutely nothing to put on it.I finally found a recipe I had the ingedientsa for and whipped up the marinade for it to soak in over night. Meanwhile my father in law just got back from fishing in Minnesota, my wife was out there and he gave her a package of fish to bring home and told me to call him.Turns out he wants three northern pike smoked for New years. Ok, I let the fish thaw while I cleaned up a little bit of the mess from cutting deer up and went to make the dry rub for the fish.No salt, my brown sugars turned into concrete, and ive got 7-8 lbs of fish completely thawed out.Off to the in laws to gather ingredients again:eek: Now Ive got jerkey marinading, fish marinating, the kitchen looks like a slaughter house and it occurs to me I have 14 lbs of meat to smoke and its 0 degrees outside.Currently Im fighting to keep my smoker temp at a decent level, i have it full of fish, and have all he jerkey on skewers with a fan running on it hopefully drying it somewhat before it goes in the smoker, the kitchens still destroyed, ands Im gonna be up most of the night watching the jerkey if things dont improve. Im not sure how a 2 hour project like packaging my deer turned into a 2 day project but I really hope I dont see another dead animal for at least a week:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 LOL. Sounds kind of familiar Chris. Sometimes feels like you are running in circles eh:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Geeze..I think I would have told somebody to get in line!! None of those are nice, quick and easy projects!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Sounds like you are a busy beaver! LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Don't work to hard! Whens dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Just took the fish out, and started the jerkey.Fish came out good, maybe a little salty but definately edible.now if my jerkey will cook before bedtime Ill be in good shape:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 No invites. Hope you get it all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 well you can always kiss your smoker at the strike of the new year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 No invites. Hope you get it all done. Come on over, better hurry though the fish is goin fast:D well you can always kiss your smoker at the strike of the new year May have to, I do like my smoker so it not really to far fetched;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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