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[norrahe]

Morning

[norrahe]

I'll get around to it at some point...

Watched the first one, will give it another shot but not that impressed so far, it reminds me of twin peaks.

[zeitghost]

Morning all.




Just waiting for the ZeitMaterCarer to turn up.

[norrahe]

Can I go home yet?

[mudskipper]

Beautiful day.

Thinking I might drive down to Virginia Waters and run round the lake. Something I always fancied doing, although I expect the reality will be somewhat more sweaty and breathless than the smooth effortless running of my mental vision.

[hyperD]

Morning!

Seem to have picked up a bit of post-contract immuno-collapse man-flu. Coughing and sniffing. Am kick-starting the immune system with a blue mountain coffee and Talisker.

Lovely day so am planting seeds and seedlings and making beer and wine homebrew! Woohooo!

Too tulipty to cycle so will leave that until the end of the week.

Have been making biltong - the whole house smells of steak according to GF#1 - can't smell a thing.

[norrahe]

Morning!

Seem to have picked up a bit of post-contract immuno-collapse man-flu. Coughing and sniffing. Am kick-starting the immune system with a blue mountain coffee and Talisker.

Lovely day so am planting seeds and seedlings and making beer and wine homebrew! Woohooo!

Too tulipty to cycle so will leave that until the end of the week.

Have been making biltong - the whole house smells of steak according to GF#1 - can't smell a thing.

What's the process for biltong, is it easy?

Mr N attempted to sous vide steak on Saturday, he probably left it too long, so it wasn't very medium rare, more medium and it tasted of nowt in the end. It was more the steak was crap than anything else. Fely sorry for him as he soo wanted to cook me dinner.

I seriously need to find somewhere that sells aged steak, and by aged I mean at least 40 days minimum.

[hyperD]

What's the process for biltong, is it easy?

Just marinade (cure) the steak in red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, crushed coriander seed, crushed pepper and chilli (can use garlic too) for 18 hours in fridge, turning every now and then. I'm using GF#1's dehydrator to see if it works, without having to use a makeshift air dryer. Very experimental at the moment. Will probably need to refine timings, cure mixture and dehydrator - might try some smoking.

I'll let you know the results tomorrow!

[Alias]

Revenge of the 5th ?

[norrahe]

Just marinade (cure) the steak in red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, crushed coriander seed, crushed pepper and chilli (can use garlic too) for 18 hours in fridge, turning every now and then. I'm using GF#1's dehydrator to see if it works, without having to use a makeshift air dryer. Very experimental at the moment. Will probably need to refine timings, cure mixture and dehydrator - might try some smoking.

I'll let you know the results tomorrow!

I'm curing some bacon atm and will be smoking it in the egg Thursday evening, it's only a small piece ( 250g), so not sure how long I should smoke it for.

Am also curing some spare ribs as well, traditional Irish style.