Lol. Had to skip this morning to get my girl to hockey. I'll probably go cut back the boardwalk and boat ramp after the dew dries.......after I bush hog and after I cut some limbs so we don't scratch our trucks. It's feeling like a work day.
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2022-2023 Duck Thread
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Lol. Had to skip this morning to get my girl to hockey. I'll probably go cut back the boardwalk and boat ramp after the dew dries.......after I bush hog and after I cut some limbs so we don't scratch our trucks. It's feeling like a work day.
Scratched out 4
Shot 3 solo, almost had a 6 pack of geese do it right. First birds out of the new yak
It ain't much of a hunt and I'm not much of a filmer, but I think this is the first video I've ever put together showing critters dying.
Is it too much to ask for to have a video breakdown of the biscuit cooking systems you've had over the years in the boat? I would like to see that as I know they can be pretty central to your hunt success from how you've talked in the past... would be interested to hear choice of biscuits as far as premade, recipes, etc
I guess I need to update the shame thread. I can't make biscuits from scratch to save my life. I'm a Pillsbury grand boy. Buttermilk or butter tastin'.
The pan is a Supermaid fish poacher. They don't make then anymore and they're kinda hard to find in good shape and pricey for what they are. The burner is a simple piezo butane eye. It goes pretty low and has a wide eye, which you want so you don't scorch them.
The trick is to cook them for a minute on each side until they're browned. Then set a 5 minute timer and let them keep cooking on the inside. If you cook over they eye until they're done on the inside, they're burnt. If you cook them til they're done on the outside and immediately take out of the pan/open/it/eat, they're raw inside.
If you use the canned grands it's a pretty simple and clean system. Really nothing to clean up. Just wipe the pan when you get home with a damp cloth and put it back in the blind bag with a fresh can of biscuits the next morning.
So you run them on low and flip the pan every so often? How long on average is it taking for a can? Toppings? Jam? Honey? Meat?
Yep. Low. Depends on the ambient temp. Colder it is the longer theyll take. Ill cook for 5-6 minutes and then check them.
However you like them. I eat them plain usually. But you can cook sausage or gravy or whatever in the pan after they're done if you'd like. My buddy usually brings the little jelly packets from waffle house with him. All that makes more mess though.
What's great if you wanna do a little prep the night before is pigs-in-a-blanket. Canned crescent roll dough wrapped around the little party sausages. I do those pretty often.
I've also done canned cinnamon rolls
I've actually got some beautyberry jelly I may bring tomorrow.Jelly packets…..sacrilege
I can't razz him too bad. I steal the little creamer packets for the blind bag myself. Convenience is king at 3am when you're cooking on the middle seat of a jon boat surrounded by glowing red eyes.
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Nah, man, making good biscuits is tough and an art. The two most important things to remember are don’t be bashful with the fat and don’t mix together too much.
Crisco, self rising flour (I like White Lilly) and milk (white or butter, that’s up to you). Dump a goodly portion of flour in a bowl, grab a big ol handful of crisco (unless it you’re afraid folks are going to see how much you’re using then you ain’t using enough) and work the crisco into the flour. Put some more crisco in just to be safe. Mix it in too.
Now make a little indention in the flour and pour in some milk, not a lot…some. Gently mix the milk with the flour around. Drag in some flour from the edge as needed. DO NOT mix it to death. The more the mix and the less crisco you use the tougher your biscuits will be. Use a tablespoon to cut out enough of the mix to make a biscuit and use the extra flour to make it so you can pick it up without it sticking to your fingers (this is the art part). Keep doing this until you’ve made all the biscuits you want. And when you put them on the pan be gentle….do NOT roll them around in your hands or mash them or roll them….gentle, this is art.
Now go try some and remember…..tough biscuits mean you used too little fat, we’re too rough with them or both. You’ll get better each time and eventually you’ll have the proportions down pat.
Yeah, I've sat there and gone through a whole sack of flour on a rainy day trying different things. I should have paid more attention to the old black woman who got paid solely to come in each morning and make biscuits at the restaurant I worked for as a kid. I just don't have the knack and have settled for grands.
My wife, my mother, and my dad can all make hella-good biscuits, so I get enough real ones to satisfy the cravings. I also have a recipe for "heart attack biscuits" that involve an ungodly amount of sour cream and butter mixed with enough bisquick to hold it together. Pour it in a muffin pan, bake, boom.
Friend's wife ate like 7 of them and then asked for the recipe. I tried to tell her ignorance was bliss...you can feel your arteries clog wirh every bite. They're banned in the UK.
Can you clarify what you mean by this? You do 60 seconds a side and then 5 more minutes and you're done if they seem done inside? That seems like its super fast. Also, no shame in the pure convenience of a canned biscuit when you are up and out early with your gear.... those homemade ones are for sunday afternoon once the freezer is full as far as I am concerned
A minute on each side until browned, flipping every minute. If you let them sit longer than a minute without turning, they'll scorch. Play with it at home to get a feel for how long it takes. I usually ballpark 8 minutes, but the cook time gets longer as it gets colder or windier or if your bottle of gas is on its last legs.
Once they're browned, let them sit 5 minutes to carry-over cook on the inside.
Me and a Buddy put it to em on this fine post frontal day. Shot some really bright orange legged birds. No reason we shouldn't have filled our limit. I shot like crap and lost one bird
Not many more birds today, but we put a first time hunter on enough to hook him pretty good I think.
That's about the only firm bottom on 90k acres. Took me a while to find it.
