On 9/11/2014 11:16 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:54:54 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/11/2014 9:52 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:07:20 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't believe it to be rocket science although you'll have to do some
>>>> experimenting at first. My dad used to make wonderful smoked meats with
>>>> an old 55 gal drum and a hibachi. I asked him how he learned to do it
>>>> and he said it was just something he picked up.
>>>
>>> See? If you "pick it up", you're observing someone do it and I don't
>>> have that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Actually, I think it was something that he cooked up himself.
>
> Aha, self taught - in Hawaii? I thought every third person BBQs
> (Hawaiian style) over there.
>
>

He spent years on remote atolls building radar installations. I assumed
that's where he learned to do this. Maybe he learned it from some gooney
birds. Sometimes they would cook turkey using the radar. Sometimes a guy
would get cooked by the radar. Boy, that must feel strange.