Thursday, September 2 2010

And the Winner Is . . .

That isn't his usual cat basket

I've chosen a winner for the great Scrap Wood Give-Away of 2010! Here at Timsblog World Headquarters we enlisted the help of a basket and a mostly disinterested cat to choose from the entries, and came up with a deserving individual. Thanks for everyone who entered--it's nice to know that Hobbes had so many admirers.

The winning submission came from Kenton Foster, and I have to tell you he had a real edge with his submission. He wrote:

Since Hobbes is from Missouri it seems appropriate that he return to Missouri.

My plan is to smoke pork shoulder for pulled pork using Hobbes as the smoking material.

I promise to send a picture of my smoking the meat and the meal.

The ashes will be collected and scattered in the vineyard of Keltoi Winery (which is owned by a friend of mine); this way Hobbes can continue to fulfill his destiny of giving himself in the service of winemaking.

First, sending Hobbes home to Missouri (where the tree he was made from grew) appeals to my sense of the proper order of the universe. It seems a likely and pleasing concatenation of events that he should travel, see the world, put in a good, useful life, and go back to the place of his birth to take his final rest.

Second, Pulled Pork.

Dang. Just . . . dang

If you've never had really good Pulled Pork (so called because when it's finished cooking the meat is shredded by 'pulling' it into bits with a fork--that's tender) you're missing something in your life. If you don't eat pork, I don't know what to say. There's no substitute in this world--not pulled tofu, pulled chicken or pulled eel--it's just a perfect flavour and food.

Finally, returning the ashes to a vineyard, where Hobbes can become part of the carbon cycle again, fits well with the criteria of my value system--maybe someday I'll see a few molecules of him again in a glass of wine.

Look for Hobbes in the mail, Kenton. I hope you enjoy him as much as I did.

So long pal. Safe journey, wherever the world takes you next.

Posted by Tim Bunyan AT 10:27AM

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