"George Leppla" > wrote in message
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> Today is "Meat Smoking day at George and Becca's" It takes all day and is
> a pain in the ass to do it, so when we get the smoker out, we load it up.
> I have a 14 pound brisket, a 10 pound pork shoulder and 2 big slabs of
> ribs in it..... about 40 pounds of meat. It will run all day and tomorrow
> we will slice, portion and freeze everything. When we do it like this, we
> only have to smoke twice a year at most.
>
> I'm not big into this stuff, but when you live in Texas, you have to smoke
> at least 20 pounds of meat per person, per year or they fine you. (Y'all
> ain't from around here, are you boy?")
>

And mandatory ho-down attendance.

Actually, my buddy who moved to Texas several years ago tells me that you
are required to attend mega-churches and high school football games or you
might as well be arrested.