Getting some things done

On Saturday...

... we decided to take the Fantasy RV Tour sticker off the back of the motorhome. Since we have a ladder on the back, I could go up it and pull it off. We thought we had better go ahead and get it off the paint in the back before it caused any issues with the paint.

I took the one off the back of the Jeep also. We won't be able to get the one off the windshield on Gracie until we get somewhere that we can use a ladder (Venture Out, if not before).

On a different project, about a year ago, Carl had gotten a smoke tube to enable him to cold smoke hard cheeses (Amazon link here), but had not had a chance to try it. He had gotten several cheeses (cheddar, swiss, gouda, and colby jack) to try it out. He had a little trouble getting it started (we left our propane torch in Mesa), but he finally got it going. When he went to check it about an hour later...

... he found that too many pellets had lit, the smoker had gotten too hot (not a *cold* smoke!) and the cheese blocks had fallen over and melted. Oh no!

We decided to let it go ahead and finish -- once all the pellets had burned up (smoking for about 2 hours), we brought it in and put it in the refrigerator for the blocks to solidify. (It isn't supposed to melt.)

Once it was solid again, we cut the blocks into cubes.

We actually thought they were pretty good. We preferred the gouda and colby jack smoked. The swiss was rubbery, and the cheddar seemed to have too strong of a flavor (we had gotten extra sharp cheddar, possibly a milder cheddar would have been better). Regardless, we'll try it again in the future and see if we can improve our technique!