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On March 25th CajunGrocer.com contacted me and asked if I'd like 10 pounds of mudbugs for 'review'. Oh, let me think, YES. Remember them? They were the ones that sent Meathenge Labs a Turducken, yeah that's them.

The little guys come delivered to your door alive, moving, and making this clicking sound like rice crispies in milk. The party wasn't until Saturday, said crawdads arrived on Friday, not a problem. Hose them down, toss into cooler with a bag of ice (drain open), easy enough. But it didn't say whether to leave them all tied up in their sack or not, I decided to let them out in to the cooler. Free range crawdads ... dumb Californian. Wanna come see how it turned out?

Oh, which item to tackle first? The Rotal Barby or the Tofino style pork shoulder? Before we do either, I want to make it perfectly clear that I most certainly did not use the word Barby to be cheeky. Personally, if someone says to me, "Let's put another shrimp on the barby." I'll cleave them in twain, like right now. No, the name Barby is actually imprinted on the rig directly. Not only that, they trademarked the word Barby, they can have it. So, it really is a Rotal Barby. Ever heard of one? Seen one?

Click through my good fellow or fellee and come see this fancy pork shoulder and a new grill for Meathenge Labs.

Jeffrey and I have known each other now for about 22 years. We email and talk once in a while, meat up from time to time and reminisce when visiting Jack. This last weekend was Jeffrey's turn to host a meal, he was hesitant. See, all he has is a little gas grill. He knew it came dreadfully short of adequate and mentioned something about picking up a weber kettle.

Nice offer, but those rigs are $130 and up. There must be a better (less expensive) way. Come with me on a little adventure wherein Biggles totally kicks a gas grill's ASS with a hole in the ground.

Yop yop, it's coming up on the busiest grill day of the year. Some of us have been at it for mumfs already and probably won't gain much from this post. However, if this isn't you and you're considering inviting friends over for an afternoon of merry & meat, it's time to start getting ready, foo.

Such a nice introduction to a new year. It's been icy cold in the mornings, the excitement of the holidays has past (thank goodness) and the new year is ... well new. A great time to sit back, relax and see what happens next.

Uh, that would be in invite from Chilebrown to an afternoon of fresh pizza made in his new wood fired oven. It's a gift from his wife Ms. Goofy, nice huh? Interested to see more? If not, click through anyways ya foo.

Psyche !!! No post here. Nope, see? Look around, do you see any article for today? AHAHHAH, I totally had you. Face!

Well, okay. I did write a fancy article, but it isn't here. It's some place else. Robert from Get Your Grill On has kindly invited yours truly to join the Well Fed Network. So, during the coming months you'll find me over there laying down the meaty love.

But Biggles, you have Meathenge! Why diversify and spread yourself out all thinny?

I accepted the offer to get out farther on the net and broaden my daily walkies. I could use the exercise and am shooting for some more inspiration. I figure, this inspiration will not only make the world a better place, it'll improve Meathenge too. Years ago a good friend Murdock observed that Ed is like the rock in the center of the river, solid and unchanging. Himself is like the water, moving effortlessly through life, one with the universe. I however, was the guy in the kayak, upside down, broken oars, banging in to every rock and branch on my way down.

Here's my first article written just for them,

It’s cold, it’s windy, it’s December. Let’s cook outside!

Wish me luck!

Biggles

What is a DOG? It's a Dutch Oven Gathering, foo. A gathering of people who enjoy cooking with a camp style dutch oven. These fancy ovens are just like the ones we use in our kitchen, but they have 3 little stubby legs that allow coals to be layered underneath and a large lipped lid that assists in the same. And since you're using coals, this is all done outside. You know? Where the bugs and leaves are? There's even a Dutch Oven Society. It's a club type thing you can join and get newsletters and they sanction events, such as the one in La Pine Oregon where Abram and E took 2nd place in early August. Heh, they're winners. And I'm lucky because they live in the next city over and they mentioned some interest in getting together for some fun. Shuna wanted to come too, but ended up with tummy problems and wasn't able to attend, feh. As soon as Chilebrown heard of the news, he was in. And his wife Ms. Goofy wasn't to be left out. This put us at 6 adults for 5.5 hours of cooking, eating and relaxing. How'd it turn out? Click through to be stupified and drawn through about 16 images of mad craziness. It's taken me 2 days to get my appetite back!