The toy that Ron Built

My sweey hubby built me a UDS. What is a UDS you ask? UDS stands for upright drum smoker or ugly drum smoker. The smoker is made from a 55 gallon drum. Luckily racing fuel comes in 55 gallon drums, so Ron has quite a few drums laying around. The top is from a weber 22.5 inch grill I got off craigslist for $20.00. You also use the cooking grate and charcoal grate for the smoker. I bought a second cooking grate and the thermometers at Lowes. Ron got the intake values at Home depot. Since her birth last week, I have smoked a pork shoulder and a chicken. Yesterday I went a little kitchen crazy. I threw some pork ribs in the smoker.

While the ribs cooked I made chocolate won tons with Ashley and Madie. Madie loves to help in the kitchen.
Chocolate won tons are really easy. You take won ton wrappers and run an egg wash around the edges. Put a piece of chocolate in the middle. Fold in half and seal the edges (that's where the egg wash does its magic). Them fry in oil for about 90 seconds on each side. Sprinkle the finished product with powdered sugar. They are best while still warm.

I also made some bread. I got this new book last week. I think I am in love. I made the Pecan Sticky rolls on Friday and a second batch on Saturday.

My little loaves of bread just hanging out in the kitchen,

So how did things turn out? Let's take a look.

Mmmm Ribs!!!!

Hot bread! Hey what happen to the other loaf of bread?

So I guess the moral of the story is this: If you want a bikini body, don't come to my house.