Tinkerer's Thoughts

My wife seen an episode on the Food Network where pulled pork was made with Coca-Cola and condensed milk. I did not get to see that episode but the soda and condensed milk pulled pork sounded really good. She forgot the recipe from the episode so we looked up recipes. From what we had on hand, we based our recipe of that from Crock Pot Coca-Cola Pulled Pork . We were not sure what to expect, but were pleasantly surprised and pleased with how the pulled pork turned out. Here is how we made ours. Ingredients (Rough estimates as we just threw stuff in) 1 (5-7 lb) pork shoulder 2 tablespoons garlic, minced 1 cup onions, diced (not sure if necessary to cut up in little pieces) 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sambal (chili pepper paste) 3 teaspoons liquid smoke (I like smoky flavored stuff) 2 liter Coca-Cola 1 14oz can condensed milk 1 barbecue sauce of choice Directions Cut up the onions and garlic, although i think this may be unnecessary since t...

The back of the ukulele was fairly easy to complete. Trimming the back braces were like trimming the soundboard. Like the soundboard, I did not cut the braces to width till I could mark the areas that intersects with the ukulele side. During the dry fit, I lightly marked the area that would be visible from the sound hole. This help me placed my label/signature on the back. I just used a permanent marker thanking my wife for the kit and signing my name. Since I had a chisel in hand from trimming the braces, I just used the chisel to trim the sides down to the lining. A hand plane would have been better as it would keep the trim nice and flat. My chisel trim wasn't perfectly flat but that didn't matter a whole lot since the back was sanded flat afterwards. There probably would be less sanding if a hand plane was used. After back edge was trimmed and sanded flat, my youngest inspected the inside. Then she inspected the outside. When I glued up the top to the s...