My FIL (Awesome Guy ) decided to leave aboot 6 pounds of vacuum packed smoked salmon on me front porch this afternoon. He got them from the Chehalis River from some of the local guys he knows & grew up with. He's a strictly dry brine with rock salt or kosher guy for aboot 1.5-2 hours & uses only vine Maple for smoke, with a propane assist heater inside. He has a 4' x 4' wide x 8' high wood smokeshack that was rebuilt aboot 10 years ago due to some issues with a SS smoke & jumping embers He really does a nice job & has been at it since he was a kid. The same way his father & relatives did it.
Some of their parties in the fall a few years back would features dozens of oysters, razor clams, shrimp, smoked salmon, summer sausage, elk & deer steaks, side dishes, etc. along with the liquid refreshments both legal & illegal ..... Usually accompanied with 50's through 80's country music with a big emphasis on George Jones, Elvis & Hank SR. & JR. etc......... A real small town get together party with friends & family, that I am thankful that I got to experience several times through the years...... Those bigger parties seem to be fewer & fewer as that core group gets older, though still live on in my memories..... Some of us younger folks in our late 30's to early 50's keep the family together with a lot of get togethers with some fine food of our own, but mostly indoors, or outside around a nice big swimming pool with a cabana with a 10 seat bar & built in grill...... There is just something about being alongside a river on a gravel bar on a fall night, in the moonlight, with a big bonfire going & lots of food & drink (some legal) & some good old tunes coming out of a jacked up F-350. ...... Anybody else have memories like this?
Some of their parties in the fall a few years back would features dozens of oysters, razor clams, shrimp, smoked salmon, summer sausage, elk & deer steaks, side dishes, etc. along with the liquid refreshments both legal & illegal ..... Usually accompanied with 50's through 80's country music with a big emphasis on George Jones, Elvis & Hank SR. & JR. etc......... A real small town get together party with friends & family, that I am thankful that I got to experience several times through the years...... Those bigger parties seem to be fewer & fewer as that core group gets older, though still live on in my memories..... Some of us younger folks in our late 30's to early 50's keep the family together with a lot of get togethers with some fine food of our own, but mostly indoors, or outside around a nice big swimming pool with a cabana with a 10 seat bar & built in grill...... There is just something about being alongside a river on a gravel bar on a fall night, in the moonlight, with a big bonfire going & lots of food & drink (some legal) & some good old tunes coming out of a jacked up F-350. ...... Anybody else have memories like this?
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