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  1. 4 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    I've settled on a pepper heavy s&p blend with a bit of cayenne pepper added.  I've tried various binders, including the mustard pickle juice thing.  I don't think any of them make any sort of flavor difference.  I think the mustard/pj thing is used simply because it's convenient and cheap.  Mustard alone is too thick in my experience and they have plenty of pickle juice around to cut it.  I think olive oil works well, but I imagine that that is too expensive to use in bulk.  Woosty/water or acv/water work, but the thicker stuff works a bit better for me.

    Ditto on pepper-heavy.  I'm using #32 grind these days.  A little salt goes a long ways.

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  2. 4 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    Good advice. I’d find a few areas in which you excel, and focus on those. I’d skip accountants and call on banks and private equity funds. Where do you practice?

    PE is also a good thought.  Lots of PE guys troll in the ACG arena.

  3. 19 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    He claims salt and pepper only in the book, but he takes a very accommodating view on seasoned salt, garlic, onion, paprika and chili powders as options in the rub. 

    I really like garlic powder in my rub for everything other than brisket.

  4. 3 minutes ago, dcbc said:
    1 hour ago, DalTxHornFan said:
    I don't have his Manifesto in front of me (great book, BTW -- helped me so much in my brisket game, especially with trimming the raw product and resting and slicing the finished product), but I thought that he was cool with a bit of paprika or chili powder in his rubs "for color."

    That's for pork ribs and pulled pork (and Turkey IIRC). I don't remember if the book mentioned other additions for brisket, but I think it was 50/50 S&P

    That's probably correct.  Not to totally derail a brisket thread (but I suppose that I did!), that Franklin Manifesto also really upped my smoked turkey game.  Smoking it with skin off makes for a better looking product and allows the dry rub and smoke to really get into the meat.

  5. 10 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    So if you check out the 24 hours at Franklin BBQ video on youtube and jump to about the 12:34 mark, they're shaking up rub.  There are two shaken containers on the left side of the frame, and I'll be damned if it doesn't look like there's a bit of Lawry's on top of the Salt and Pepper in those shakers (or it might be something dark red behind the shakers.  Worth a look.

    But they're probably making rib rub, since it shows them doing pork ribs with a mustard binder about 30 seconds later.

     

    I don't have his Manifesto in front of me (great book, BTW -- helped me so much in my brisket game, especially with trimming the raw product and resting and slicing the finished product), but I thought that he was cool with a bit of paprika or chili powder in his rubs "for color."

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  6. On 8/24/2021 at 12:33 PM, Ojo Rojo said:

    We are a small, full-service firm.  Our core practice areas are corporate and transactional, litigation, trial and appeals, intellectual property (prosecution and litigation), real estate, family law, probate and estate planning.  We have practiced some in bankruptcy court - creditor claims, some trustee representation, litigation of claims in bankruptcy court.  We've done some oil and gas.  Some labor and employment.  Some administrative law.

    In the past, we tried (maybe not hard enough and maybe not doing the right things) to market ourselves as outside general counsel.  Basically, as the go-to legal resource for companies too small to hire inside counsel.  That's what we'd probably like to do if we could pick a single practice area or niche.  Not sure if it's tenable.  I've been encouraged to choose a single practice area, boutique-style, or industry and focus on that exclusively.  I could never quite make that jump because it would be leaving behind some existing work and clients and making ourselves smaller focused just seemed like it was going to cause us to miss some opportunities.

    At this point, I'm tired of working for low-grade clients on low-grade matters.  What ends up happening far too often is that the client gets part way into their matter and starts running out of money.  Then you are trying to get creative with billing, most likely taking a big haircut, while still trying to deliver quality legal work and positive outcomes for the client.  I'm just getting tired of doing everything cut rate or not getting paid altogether and feeling like I'm forced to take flyers all the time on questionable work just to keep the lights on.

    With respect, it sounds like your firm dabbles in lots of practice areas (too many, IMHO).  I'd want to pick some core practice specialties and refer other matters to firms that specialize in that kind of work.  One of my more successful lawyer clients has now limited his practice to employment law, particularly departing employee and non-compete matters, refers everything else out (and ends up getting incoming work from other lawyers because of that).

    Once you get your firm focused on your strike zone, what Incredulity said about banks and accountants is good advice.   I'd add getting involved with the Association for Corporate Growth if you end up being focused on corporate and transaction work. 

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  7. 2 minutes ago, Sal said:

     

     

     

     

    The Texas Monthly ranking is four years old at this point – Cattleack should not be in the top 10. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad restaurant, but it’s not elite and not deserving of being top 3 in TX. I wouldn’t even put it in my top 3 in DFW, with Panther City, Terry Black’s, and Pecan Lodge ahead of it and the rest of the pack. 

    On the brisket specifically, I’ve been unimpressed by Cattleack’s somewhat benign smoke flavor, relative dryness, and their inability to render fat well. I have been several times, and it has been the same each time. The asinine hours don’t make me want to go back. Panther City in Fort Worth makes the best brisket in DFW, and both Terry Black’s and Pecan Lodge are also better on brisket. 

    I'm on team Terry Black's.

  8. 7 minutes ago, Muy Frio said:

    My submission sadly would be Taco Cabana. I remember it being good back when I was young. In the Sean Elliott days. Even in college I thought it was fine. The last couple times I've dared to stop there it was God awful.

    Corporate fuckery is afoot:

    https://www.frgi.com/news/press-release-details/2021/Fiesta-Restaurant-Group-Inc.-Closes-the-Sale-of-Taco-Cabana-to-an-Affiliate-of-Yadav-Enterprises-Inc/default.aspx

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  10. 31 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    Whole roasted Cabrito at some place in McAllen.  We went there when both of my Great Aunt's died (one at 93, and the other at 105).  The cabrito was fantastic, came with all the fixings, and they had 99 cent margaritas that were more tequila than anything.  Always a good time.  This was back in 2008, so it has been a while.  I honestly do not think I could find it or remember the name of the place.  

     

    Thanks for the reminder about that how delicious that species can be.  Cabrito is fabulous.  Barbecued mutton is also a great Texas thing. Canned mutton was what the ranchers did out in Menard and Schleicher counties to support the war effort, along with making blankets from the wool they'd harvested.

    I always got mutton when they had it on the menu at Ben's Long Branch -- now the location where Franklin's holds court.  Any thoughts on where some great smoked mutton can be found in Texas these days?

  11. 15 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

    I actually am surprised Steven Tyler is only worth $160 million.  Aerosmith has sold as many records as the Rolling Stones, with him being the primary songwriter (minus their only #1 song - that song from Armageddon).  Plus he does a ton of advertising and TV appearances, American idol etc.

    Maybe he pissed a lot of it away on drugs.

    “I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.”   WC Fields

  12. 5 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    That made some sense when the constitution was ratified and the federal government was meant to do very little while the states largely governed themselves. The New Deal changed that and the federal government now has much more power than what was originally intended. Agree or disagree with that as you will, but the fact is that the senate is not representative of the U.S. population, and that's a huge problem. You know damn well that if democrats represented 35% of the population and passed stuff the right hated, we'd already have a civil war. It's going to happen soon, one more trump-like sycophant winning the presidency with a huge loss in the popular vote, that's not how voting works. The U.S. Supreme Court has specifically held that "one person one vote" is the law of the land, the only exception being the U.S. Senate and Electoral College, because it is part of the Constitution. The Constitution was made to change with the times and it should in this situation.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Lobo said:

    I ain't trying to sound too cool for school, but I have no fucking idea who Luke Bryan is, none.  Never heard of him.  And that he's worth 3x what ZZ Top is, is a fucking crime.  Socialism for shitty country music acts worth that much, now!  Take all his money and give it to Willie and the boys.

    One of our VC deals has been dealing with a lot of mid-level bands over the last two years.  Bands that'll fill up a 3-5,000 person venue 100 nights a year.  Sell 50,000 copies of an album download.  Lotsa merch.  And then probably has 1 or 2 songs out there being used for a Hulu series episode or commercial, etc.  These are bands that would be on about the 3rd or 4th or 5th line of an ACL lineup poster.  After touring expenses and management and meticulous recording sessions, even with songwriter rights (publishing rights are the key to the whole thing)...I am shocked at how little these guys take home.  I didn't expect them to be multi-millionaires, but damn...some of them are net negative.  Even if you take an NPV snapshot of what their cash flow on royalties looks like going forward, most are living very middle-class lifestyles.  Probably doesn't help that they like to live in cool, expensive places.  But most have families, their wives work. 

    They live pretty fun on the road, but at home---it's a vanilla lifestyle and the ones that open their books to us so we can improve their treasury management and push out their unlicensed content...a band you'd see on a big stage at ACL at 4pm?  The 4 or 5 guys in the band are grossing maybe $150-$250k/year.  Not bad at all, but just not what you envision them walking away with after their encore.  Really, really surprised me.  Bands have gotten much more control over live shows/touring.  That whole promoter industry was about as worthless as a realtor with a fax machine.  But they are still fucked when it comes to licensing and publishing rights.  Very Ripe for disruption, but it seems Luke Bryan has figured it out.  

    I'm with you on Luke Bryan --- never heard of him and don't care.  I have clients and friends in the music business.  They write and perform to satisfy their artistic talents and such, but what they are really interested in is having stuff that they've written used in commercials, movies, or TV shows.  That's where the money is.

  14. 30 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

    Thankfully, he isn’t really our Dave South because we don’t rely on him information. A person could listen to South call a game and have no idea what was happening. With Cole, only blind fans Have to worry about that. 
     

    Also, Dave and Dave were like a HS radio crew with all their “wes and uses.” Professional announcers like Craig Way always refer to the team and the mascot and use “theys.” 

     

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