A Hound of the Puckerbrush at home Vela Von – Hound of the Puckerbrush – is one year old. I have been on this gate 24/7 for one year straight. The arrival of more agreeable weather is welcomed. Most evenings now Vela Von and I set out until well after Saturn turns bright in the southwest sky. She enjoys playing unbounded as a dog is wont to do and Continue reading One Year and One Year 
Future Italian coppa I took a boston butt (pork shoulder) out of the freezer this week and prepped it for curing. My intention is to dry cure it for Italian coppa. If you were a Soprano’s fan, they call it gabagool in New Jersey. So have you asked yourself yet if I have gone over the edge? Too long in the puckerbrush maybe? Well, it is like this….. In January of 2012, I Continue reading Basic Instinct 
Hofstra warning at last week’s Presidential debate The following may contain triggering and/or sensitive material and quite possibly NSFW content. OK, so if you were born after 1985 and do NOT have a knife clipped to your pocket this very moment -OR- if you are one of the 130,000 self-described ninjas on LinkedIn or YouTube; it might be best to skip down to our normal, mostly PC content. Continue reading **CAUTION** – Trigger Warning  |