Different or unusual hobbies you have

[Bornadog]

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My kids weren't fans of my 'indoor cooking', but now when they see me fire up the kettle they become very excited and hungry!
I've bought a Weber Kettle recently to go with my Weber Family Q, and I am really starting to get into all the nuances of cooking with charcoal, as well as low and slow cooking.

Charcoal cooking is the best BBQ. I now like in an apartment so miss my Weber Kettle. Try cooking a roast the indirect method, so delicious.

[Twodogs]

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My hobby is WW1.
I really enjoy reading about it, from a range of direct angles (1st hand accounts, battle analysis etc)as well as more tangential aspects ( global geopolitical and economic fallouts, etc Russian revolution, Implications on colonialism, middle east etc.

One of my favourite experiences was hiring a guide who lives around the Somme area, to take me and my wife on a bespoke tour, including following the regimental diary of my Great grandfather's English unit aling the 3rd Ypre battlefield up to the location where he was presumed to have been killed.
I loved every moment of traipsing through the Somme Mud around Thiepval, Longuaval, Beaumont Hamel,as well as locations like Villers Brettoneaux, Pozierre, Messine, Polygon Wood, Fromelles, andTyne Cot Cemetary Memorial (where my Great grandfather's name is listed.

That exactly describes my affection for the 100 years war in general and the battle of Agincourt in particular.

Although I have been reading a bit about Billy Sing in WWI because my grandad served as a sniper in WWI too.

[chef]

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Anyone else like to cook?

Yeah a little

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Charcoal cooking is the best BBQ. I now like in an apartment so miss my Weber Kettle. Try cooking a roast the indirect method, so delicious.

Yep. Agreed, I've done all manner of roasts, as well as babyback ribs and brisket.
I did some beautiful chicken marylands on Saturday using some Gidgee lump charcoal and hickory chunks, and some basil/oarmesan buttered corn on the cob alongside.
And on Sunday again with the lump charcoal, a dukkah rubbed rack of lamb with duck fat roasted potatoes and some other vege. Absolutely superb.
I'm gearing up for an early start on Friday morning to do about a 10 hour cook of a lovely 2.5kg flat end of brisket over about 10 hrs.

[azabob]

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My kids weren't fans of my 'indoor cooking', but now when they see me fire up the kettle they become very excited and hungry!
I've bought a Weber Kettle recently to go with my Weber Family Q, and I am really starting to get into all the nuances of cooking with charcoal, as well as low and slow cooking.

When I saw the word kettle, I’m like is he talking 2 minute noodles?

[azabob]

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Yep. Agreed, I've done all manner of roasts, as well as babyback ribs and brisket.
I'm gearing up for an early start on Friday morning to do about a 10 hour cook of a lovely 2.5kg flat end of brisket over about 10 hrs.

What time will you start? Are we talking for lunch, mid arvo or dinner?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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What time will you start? Are we talking for lunch, mid arvo or dinner?

I aim to have the brisket on the grill by 6am.
Previously I've wrapped it at the point it begins to stall, but I'm aiming to ride it out this time.
And then once it hits 203F take it out, wrap it and rest it in the esky for 2 hrs

[Axe Man]

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I'm gearing up for an early start on Friday morning to do about a 10 hour cook of a lovely 2.5kg flat end of brisket over about 10 hrs.

Fish brisket?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Fish brisket?

Hahaha.
I must be an abomination to believers.
Apologies to any Christians out there!

[KT31]

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I taught myself to knit while I was giving up smoking a couple of years ago. That time of night when the pang usually my mum and I would sit down and knit.

Woof beanies for everyone.

[KT31]

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Not different, and not exactly a hobby - I love cooking.

My wife doesn't go near the kitchen, so I do all the cooking at home from breakfast to dinner. I love watching cooking shows, especially if it includes travel. I also read all the recipes in the papers and will look up recipes online. I tend to cook something different every night, whether it may be Korean, Italian, or whatever we feel like it, and I rarely repeat the same thing from week to week.

Anyone else like to cook?

I am also the cook in our house , I am just a cook but when I ran Coach tours I used to love to come up with different ideas and recipes for the groups.
I must have been ok because when I sold our business a Coach company wanted to take me on the road with them.

I spent a bit of time last night going through my fly fishing gear for my vice and etc, I am determined to finally try and tie a believable caddis or red tag that a nice trout will find inviting.

[Twodogs]

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When I saw the word kettle, I’m like is he talking 2 minute noodles?

Obviously talking about potato chips.

[GVGjr]

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I'm another who enjoys cooking. I enjoy looking at various YT cooks and getting ideas from them
One of them "Sam the Cooking Guy" I find particularly entertaining to watch.

Two other hobbies are related to music mainly Bluegrass music and then West Coast Swing dancing and Irish Dancing.
I've been to the Grand Ole Opry a few times and Nashville would be a great place to live

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I'm another who enjoys cooking. I enjoy looking at various YT cooks and getting ideas from them
One of them "Sam the Cooking Guy" I find particularly entertaining to watch.

Two other hobbies are related to music mainly Bluegrass music and then West Coast Swing dancing and Irish Dancing.
I've been to the Grand Ole Opry a few times and Nashville would be a great place to live

My main hobby/ passion is music, particularly playing the guitar.
When i was a young bloke I had grand designs on being the next Jimi Hendrix.. unfortunately I was thwarted only by a lack of talent!
That didnt stop me from playing in some forgettable bands with my mates as a young bloke pretending we were the next incarnation of The Stooges or Nirvana.

I've got some lovely guitars, my latest being a US Special Stratocaster, alonside my Maton semi acoustic, and my late Dad's Epiphone Regent archtop.

I have a passion for The Blues, especially Taj Mahal, Robert Johnson, Son House, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
One of my earliest music memories as a kid was listening to an album by an Aussie Blues great by the name of Dutch Tilders.


I also love traditional Americana style music that blends alot of Bluegrass, Country and Folk, like The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Dylan, plus the Gram Parson's led Byrds album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
I'm a massive Beatles fan too.

[AndrewP6]

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My main hobby/ passion is music, particularly playing the guitar.
When i was a young bloke I had grand designs on being the next Jimi Hendrix.. unfortunately I was thwarted only by a lack of talent!
That didnt stop me from playing in some forgettable bands with my mates as a young bloke pretending we were the next incarnation of The Stooges or Nirvana.

I've got some lovely guitars, my latest being a US Special Stratocaster, alonside my Maton semi acoustic, and my late Dad's Epiphone Regent archtop.

I have a passion for The Blues, especially Taj Mahal, Robert Johnson, Son House, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
One of my earliest music memories as a kid was listening to an album by an Aussie Blues great by the name of Dutch Tilders.


I also love traditional Americana style music that blends alot of Bluegrass, Country and Folk, like The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Dylan, plus the Gram Parson's led Byrds album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
I'm a massive Beatles fan too.

Ditto to most of this.

Saddened today to hear of the passing of John Prine. Only discovered him about 6 months ago.