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We may all be missing the boat, by not raising Corrientes!
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1701434" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Well, [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] you missed it! 100 lbs of brisket smoked on mesquite. 100 lbs of ribs and 100lbs of butts smoked on hickory. 150 chicken halves smoked on mesquite. 120 lbs of catfish filets deep- fried in peanut oil. Dunno how many fries and hushpuppies. 100 gallon pot of wild game Brunswick stew. A giant washtub of cole slaw for lunch and supper. Home-grown, vine-ripe tomatoes and Vidalia onion. 5 big orange igloo coolers of tea. I think 5,. may have been 4 ...kegs of beer. We fed the 200 hunters, about 40 kids that were helping and about as many parents. Some of the hunters' families came over for supper and the band. And about 18 or 20 of my brothers ( and their old ladies) from a local MC chapter came to supper. They do this every year...ride over about dark.. and pay the $250 each just like they had been hunting all day. They do this because the profits go to the 4H and FFA. Probably 400 people or so totaled. </p><p></p><p>I even got to shoot some Saturday afternoon after the fish fry. I just shot in the pasture we were in. .didn't go to the dove field.. and got my limit. Started the fires for the stew pot and for the dutch ovens at 4AM, and cooked venison and wild hog sausages and tenderloins for breakfast. Put the stew pot on the fire and put the chicken substitutes ( we used quail, rabbit, squirrel, duck, goose and a wild turkey instead of chicken) in the pot to boil. 10am the boiled game had cooled enough to remove the bones, so we put the pot back on the fire and added the tomatoes, corn, ground venison and wild hog sausage for the stew. Thank God for the kids to stir the stew til it was ready! About 11 AM we started frying the fish and other fixins. The hunters came in to eat from 12 til 1:30 or so. About 1, I started the fires in the smokers for the ribs, butts and chicken, and got them all on by 2. That afternoon til about 6, i just had to watch the temps on the smokers, So I got to shoot a little then. I didnt get to bed til 1 AM Saturday night, so my old a$$ was dragging after 21 hours!! Came home Sunday afternoon with a cooler full of dove, and 2 gallons of stew, and already looking forward to next year!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And no, this has nothing to do with Angus X Corriente crosses! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1701434, member: 40587"] Well, [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] you missed it! 100 lbs of brisket smoked on mesquite. 100 lbs of ribs and 100lbs of butts smoked on hickory. 150 chicken halves smoked on mesquite. 120 lbs of catfish filets deep- fried in peanut oil. Dunno how many fries and hushpuppies. 100 gallon pot of wild game Brunswick stew. A giant washtub of cole slaw for lunch and supper. Home-grown, vine-ripe tomatoes and Vidalia onion. 5 big orange igloo coolers of tea. I think 5,. may have been 4 ...kegs of beer. We fed the 200 hunters, about 40 kids that were helping and about as many parents. Some of the hunters' families came over for supper and the band. And about 18 or 20 of my brothers ( and their old ladies) from a local MC chapter came to supper. They do this every year...ride over about dark.. and pay the $250 each just like they had been hunting all day. They do this because the profits go to the 4H and FFA. Probably 400 people or so totaled. I even got to shoot some Saturday afternoon after the fish fry. I just shot in the pasture we were in. .didn't go to the dove field.. and got my limit. Started the fires for the stew pot and for the dutch ovens at 4AM, and cooked venison and wild hog sausages and tenderloins for breakfast. Put the stew pot on the fire and put the chicken substitutes ( we used quail, rabbit, squirrel, duck, goose and a wild turkey instead of chicken) in the pot to boil. 10am the boiled game had cooled enough to remove the bones, so we put the pot back on the fire and added the tomatoes, corn, ground venison and wild hog sausage for the stew. Thank God for the kids to stir the stew til it was ready! About 11 AM we started frying the fish and other fixins. The hunters came in to eat from 12 til 1:30 or so. About 1, I started the fires in the smokers for the ribs, butts and chicken, and got them all on by 2. That afternoon til about 6, i just had to watch the temps on the smokers, So I got to shoot a little then. I didnt get to bed til 1 AM Saturday night, so my old a$$ was dragging after 21 hours!! Came home Sunday afternoon with a cooler full of dove, and 2 gallons of stew, and already looking forward to next year!!! :) And no, this has nothing to do with Angus X Corriente crosses! :D [/QUOTE]
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