Isaac Grauke

Dry cured ham (ya know, prosciutto)

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:00 +0000

Or at least thats what its going to be. One 12 pound ham (this one is Sambo's) packed in salt for two weeks, then slathered in lard and pepper (the step I'm on as shown), wrapped in cheesecloth and hung at sixty degrees for 5 months with decent humidity. The lard keeps the exposed flesh from drying out too much and the pepper keeps the bugs away. We'll pull it in five months, cut the rind off, slice it paper thin and serve. Eeeeeeeyyyeeeeaahhhhhuuuuussss!!!!!

Frowny face

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:40:00 +0000

I craft.

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:00 +0000

12 days old

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:12:00 +0000

Ben in the morning

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:00 +0000

I fish.

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:47:00 +0000

My folks bought me waders for my 12th birthday. I cried. Not joking. I didn't cry this time.

Hey hey, it's my birthday.

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:24:00 +0000

My first attempt at dry cure sausage

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:43:00 +0000

His sister's Hello Kitty socks

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Shot on goal

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:21:00 +0000

Gus' first basketball game

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:36:00 +0000

What became of the tomatoes

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:47:00 +0000

Tapping into our first jar of home grown and canned San Marzano tomatoes

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:00 +0000

Getting ready for 100 day at school

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Goof bag

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Day three

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Max meets Ben

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +0000

One more from the delivery room

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +0000

Benjamin Isaac

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:34:00 +0000

15 minutes old

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Induction

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:01:00 +0000

Sunday snow

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:04:00 +0000

Silly Katie

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:11:00 +0000

She's due tomorrow, but that doesn't stop her from scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees (you're thinking I'm a bad husband but I promise I try to stop this sort of thing. She does it while my back is turned.) Wish I'd taken pictures earlier at the gym with the kids. She was doing layups at a run.

Ready for the day

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:32:00 +0000

Tough guy

noreply@blogger.com (isaac.grauke) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:34:00 +0000