Pitmaster Pickles - Cooking for the Banquet

We have the Texas ChuckWagons loaded and ready to go for THE Big Blogville Banquet.

(We were not able to ride in Puddles Souped-Up Pinto, but if you look real close we do have a Pinto Horse in our wagon train! )

This is Rodeo Season here in Houston, and that means Barbeque CookOff time!   A few weekends ago, I attended the Washington County TX-Barbeque Cookoff with Uncle Tommy and learned all the tricks of the trade to be a Real Barbeque Pitmaster.

So, I thought this would be the perfect time to share my barbeque talent with all my Blogville furrends

Pitmaster Pickles - Let's get Cookin'!

Hurry Up with the pictures already..........this pit is getting a little warm on my bottom!

It is very important to keep an eye out for spies from the other barbeque teams..........I don't want any spies stealing MY secret recipes

Looks like my Secret Recipe Smoked Chickens are almost ready..........Eat your heart out KFC.  The Colonel Sanders never make chickens like this!!

Are you SURE we don't want to put any possums on the pit?????

Yeppers, the Ribs are ready to go!!!!   Let's get them wrapped up and ready to transport to the Banquet...

Are you sure I can't have just a little taste?

So I have Chicken, Ribs and Beef Brisket all barbequed and ready to serve at the banquet!!!!
Minna Krebs has made her famous Sauce,
 Ditto has made her Homemade Potato Salad
 Rooney has cooked up a big pot of Beans (Beano will be available for those they have issues with, uhm, gas)
and  Lucy has stocked the Chuck Wagons with extra Shiner Beers (our Texas brand) to wash it all down!!

Everyone Enjoy!!!!!

Oh.........and one more thing.........no Barbeque Cookoff is complete without the "Blue Rooms"

Please leave your Peemails HERE

Possum Report from da Urban Jungle

Minna Krebs here........reporting from our house...aka "The Urban Jungle"

Yeppers, after several days of trying to trap the MOST EVIL possum in our attic, to no avail........my momma decided to 'man-up' so to speak, and return home.    She has taken a few precautions, though....
For instance, her has been leaving ALL da outside and most inside lights on at night (thinking that possums will only want to creep around in da darkness) .  This idea does make our house look a bit like Times Square on  New Years Eve, butt it is her greenpapers paying da Electric bill, not mine.

And since da MOST EVIL possum was last heard tromping around in our attic like a 200lb drunken sailor, her has outfitted us all in doggie pith helmets...........like so>>>>

Stylish, huh?????

Now, some furrends have commented that they think the MOST EVIL possums is cute!!!!

WTH????????     

This is cute??!??!?!?!?!??!

My momma gets soooooooooo flipped out by these MOST EVIL, creepy, animals from da underworld, that her could not even post this foto without getting goose-bumpies all over herself!    

We did have Uncle Tommy put a humane trap/cage out to try and lure this MOST EVIL possum from our house and relocate it far, far way (like South Carolina) .    He even bought the #3 dinner from KFC to load chicken and biscuits in da trap (sheesh)

Then we waited to see when he caught MOST EVIL.......
and we waited
and we waited
and he checked da trap everyday (cuz there was NO WAY my momma would look at MOST EVIL possum in a cage)
and we waited
and we waited

FINALLY on Tuesday........we had a creature in da cage!

It was Veranda!!!    Our neighborhood feral kitteh!!!!!!

Note.....her was not hurt in da trap/cage..........in fact her was stuffed from eating da entire #3 dinner from KFC!!

Her was not to happy though to be stuck in da cage!!!   Boy oh Boy, was her using some serious HBO Kitteh words!!!

That's when my momma decided that da MOST EVIL possum prolly left on its own .......and we could return home!  
Thank goodness, cuz we have lots to do to get ready for da BANQUET this weekend!!!!! (unfortunately we won't be bringing possum stew)

Eat your heart out Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp may have been awarded sexiest man alive by Peoples magazine, and he may be a heart throb to the lady two-leggers........

Okay, I admits he does have a certain appeal....

Butt, he can't hold a candle to my sweetie...........my own pirate boy Richie!    (who professed his attraction to little ol me on Valentine's Day  *****blush******)

Is he Handsome or what?!?!?!

What a hunk of handsomeness!!!

Hugs and kisses to my guy, Richie
MinnaK

PeeS........What a week we have had.   We were 'forced' to evacuate our house Tuesday night beclaws a horrible "world's largest" Possum moved into our attic!   My momma gets sooooooo flipped out by da Possums that we were rudely awakened at 11pm to evacuate our nice warm beds and drive all the way to Uncle Tommy-da HarleyMan's house for safety.     sigh.    We have been here ever since, cuz my wacko momma refuses to live in da same house as a Possum!!!

Hopefully, today's check of da possum trap will be successful, and da possum will be relocated out of our house, so we can return.    Wish us luck.