not sure about any of that. Not that I doubt it but I don't feel certain. Except the fries bit have certainly had better fries.
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I keep Morgan Bones, and Medico pipes in the trucks.
It’s sort of fashionable to bad mouth McDonalds.
But ever try to equal one thing on their menu yourself?
It’s impossible to duplicate their French fries. It would be like trying to make your own Missouri Meerschaum cob pipe, without their unique cobs and processes.
They not only get the best of the best spuds, they’ve done it over 65 years all over the world using 19 year old labor.
Plus they no doubt use flavorings only they have.
I make sweet tea for my Wednesday night skeet shooting friends.
It’s not McDonald’s sweet tea, but it’s close.
One sanitized two gallon insulated jug
Four family size Lipton tea bags, or the one gallon size bag.
Use Bunn home coffee maker. Four big bags tea in basket, one full pot water. Make like you would coffee.
Put one gallon of ice (8 pounds) in two gallon jug. It fills it up.
You’ll have about a half gallon of sweet tea concentrate. Pour a little into ice, so you can stir in as much cane sugar as will dissolve hot, two cups is McDonald’s sweet, you may like 1 1/2 cups, it needs at least a cup. Pour over ice.
Stir and add another pot of cold water to fill.
McDonalds gets their own tea, it’s better than the rest, same as their potatoes are, but if you like sweet tea you’ll like this recipe.
The same applies to Grabow. You can buy prettier briar but there’s no way to buy better briar than the man who buys the lion’s share of briar production for Grabow, and has for longer than the briar sellers have been alive.
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I am in 100% agreement on the awesomeness of McDonald’s fries. Your analogy to pipes makes sense to me.It’s sort of fashionable to bad mouth McDonalds.
But ever try to equal one thing on their menu yourself?
It’s impossible to duplicate their French fries. It would be like trying to make your own Missouri Meerschaum cob pipe, without their unique cobs and processes.
They not only get the best of the best spuds, they’ve done it over 65 years all over the world using 19 year old labor.
Plus they no doubt use flavorings only they have.
I make sweet tea for my Wednesday night skeet shooting friends.
It’s not McDonald’s sweet tea, but it’s close.
One sanitized two gallon insulated jug
Four family size Lipton tea bags, or the one gallon size bag.
Use Bunn home coffee maker. Four big bags tea in basket, one full pot water. Make like you would coffee.
Put one gallon of ice (8 pounds) in two gallon jug. It fills it up.
You’ll have about a half gallon of sweet tea concentrate. Pour a little into ice, so you can stir in as much cane sugar as will dissolve hot, two cups is McDonald’s sweet, you may like 1 1/2 cups, it needs at least a cup. Pour over ice.
Stir and add another pot of cold water to fill.
McDonalds gets their own tea, it’s better than the rest, same as their potatoes are, but if you like sweet tea you’ll like this recipe.
The same applies to Grabow. You can buy prettier briar but there’s no way to buy better briar than the man who buys the lion’s share of briar production for Grabow, and has for longer than the briar sellers have been alive.
McD's fries are definitely quite edible, but they've fallen down a peg or two after they switched from from beef tallow to whatever kind of free-range artisanal gluten-free vegan-friendly oil they're using nowadays. On the bright side, there's still a whole world of awesome fries out there.
I would agree about the fries thing until "Wendy's" recently put out some "garlic butter fries" and oh my lord talk about home cooked taste. My wife and I were both in shock and aww about how close they resemble our home cooked fried potatoes, delicious. Back on topic I haven't thought about removing the leather on my only leather "savinelli grand prix" I bought because it was the name of my first car (1977 Pontiac Grand Prix). Ebay for 15 bucks if it wasn't such a good smoker I would take the leather off and see if Savinelli used quality briar for these. Maby I will and start a thread about it lol. Oh and it didnt look close to this when i received it but for $15 it cleaned up real nice.
Cobs and Omegas are both great "truck pipes."
Tallow is what made their fries delicious. It's also what authentic British fish and chips are fried in. It's my favorite cooking oil and I render my own.
Brisket trimmings are an excellent source for the fat.
That's a nice pipe. I have a Grand Prix bulldog in black leather on the way.
I'm not, just saying that they aren't the world's best French fries.It’s sort of fashionable to bad mouth McDonalds.
No, can't say that I have. If I make a burger, I'd like the patty to be more than wafer thin.
Leather is actually really cool, because it feels soft in the hand and keeps your hand from feeling any heat. So if you feel the leather getting warm your smoking too hot like a little warning system to smoke cooler. I would recommend one for any smoker but especially first timers maby not as a first pipe, but a seconed or third for sure.
Interesting grain. If it smokes fine, sure looks like a keeper.
Savinelli leather wrapped pipes don't turn up that often in such nice condition—it would be a real shame to remove that.
When McDonald's fries are fresh, I love them—that crisp exterior and tender core . . . Mmmm—tough to beat in a fast food context.
