Jan 05 2014
At 2:00 am when the dog went out to go and his belly was in the snow I knew I would spend most of today blowing and shoveling snow. It started last night at dusk; his tracks were covered this morning. I don’t know how much we got but I would say at least 6 inches.
I had some breast and a leg left for some tacos tonight but if the kids come down I would need more. I bought a 2 pound pack of thighs for some extra. It was nice enough I wanted to do them on the smoker. I seasoned them up with some Penzey’s Galena street rub and let them smoke for a half hour then eased up to finally get 350 to 370 deg. grill level It took about another 1 ½ hours for 180 deg. IT.
They looked so good I wanted to eat one but resisted and had the skin instead. I nuked them until nice and crisp. I didn’t cover them but got the microwave cleaned up before the wife saw it! They hit the spot. After the thighs cooled some I pulled the meat off for my tacos tonight.
The wife and I had the leftover kraut meatloaf, mac and cheese and beets for our supper. I didn’t take any photos; I didn’t want Pappy to go into convulsions when he seen the beets!
Below are some pics of my thighs for tacos.
Be sure and cover when making chicken skin cracklins
Smokin Don
