Andrew | Gryff & Lily’s Dad

Kouchibouguac 😂

… yet

Planning in a Thai peanut ramen do next week. Might need something else in the short term looking at the forecast

Here to help 🫡 😂

I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt as long as she has ten fingers and they’re divided evenly on two hands (the bar is low)

Wellllll this feels more seasonal… I don’t mean that in a good way 🥶

Soup anyone? 🍜

It's less the dark itself than it is what it represents, the slow march towards 6 months of winter

yeah none looked impressed this morning (although it was probably more 'tired' than 'annoyed' :) )

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Hey Andrew, how do you feel about it still being dark at 7am when you walk the dogs?

And Ottawa is a tiny airport anyway for future ref .. not as small as YFC mind you but you could definitely sprint end to end in a couple minutes or less

This 👆

Sometimes you don’t even get off the plane if it’s a short layover

This might be one of the tastiest chilli's I've ever made and the downside to the whole thing is that it took 2 days to make.

Not exactly a speedy meal

Now that … is a big pot of brisket chilli 🤤

This seems right up my youngests alley

I’ve seen this way too many times 🤦‍♂️

It’ll come back quick, you’ll be flying along on those trails in no time 🏃‍♀️

We drained our pool today …. you are way braver than I.

Enjoying the warmer October though, got in a nice (but windy) bike ride along the river

Gotta enjoy extended summer while we can!

It’ll a be worth it in about 22 hours :)

Saved myself like $2 in tomato paste … only had to burn about $10 in charcoal

Turns out if you smoke tomato sauce for 6 hours you don’t need tomato paste to thicken it.

Hmmm.. who knew

The cure all for shitty wine is to just turn it into sangria … or so I’m told

Can barely make out the edge of the brisket but we’re all done for today. The chili base got a LOT of smoke so it’ll be interesting to see how pronounced it is

Tomorrow we load it up with veggies and roast it in the oven until they’re tender.

Yes I will be putting beans in

Brisket is just shy of 170F now. Normally I’d wrap it and go for 203F but I think this time I’m just going to submerge it in the chili base for a few hours

It’s pretty bad that I have to go out on a Saturday and clean up glass in the bike lane on Lincoln Rd so I don’t pop a tire in it later. It’s been there over a month

This city loves to build infrastructure it can brag about, and then neglect it

Currently it just smells a lot like wood smoke :)

Amsterdam is always busy but I’m guessing you two have been there plenty in the past

Just tossed the brisket and a pot of chili base on the smoker … and now we wait

I was gonna say something motivational but I’m still giggling at that sweater 😂

Anyway .. happy trails! Running in the fall is always a fun time :)

It started out as short rib soup but we pivoted a bit and went with a miso broth and udon noodles.

A good handful of bean sprouts on the bottom of the bowl rounds it out nicely