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jema
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:03 pm Post subject: A challenge for the week starting August 1st
i was thinking of going veggie for a week, and wondered if anyone else fancied virtually joining in? I did a week earlier in the year and felt it was really beneficial, but not enough of the lessons stuck. So definately overdue for another no meat week.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:17 pm Post subject:
I'm interested, as long as I can eat fish! Sensible question, it's the height of my fishing season!

jema
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:24 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

I'm interested, as long as I can eat fish!

Sensible question, it's the height of my fishing season!

I'm including fish in the deal, and in my case Monday may be part of the "left overs" cycle with the beef/chicken we got from the farmers market today.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:31 pm Post subject:
What about...vegetarian unless you catch the meat part yourself?

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:42 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

[I'm including fish in the deal, and in my case Monday may be part of the "left overs" cycle with the beef/chicken we got from the farmers market today.

So 'vegetarian unless you've got some meat or fish' week? Sounds good, I cooked some home-cured salt beef last night, I'll have that.

macatsuma

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: elland, west yorkshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:50 pm Post subject:

Twoscoops wrote:

jema wrote:

[I'm including fish in the deal, and in my case Monday may be part of the "left overs" cycle with the beef/chicken we got from the farmers market today.

So 'vegetarian unless you've got some meat or fish' week? Sounds good, I cooked some home-cured salt beef last night, I'll have that.

oh what did you use in the brine, we can't get salt petre up here any more because of "national security"

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:57 pm Post subject:
Try putting 'saltpetre' into a search on Ebay.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:59 pm Post subject:
You can get saltpetre (or at least you could a few weeks ago) from Franco the sausage chap who posts on here.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 12:59 pm Post subject:
That must be the swiftest and most definitive thread hijack ever...from vegetarian week to mackeral to curing beef in a few posts, well done chaps You can get it mail order can't you Mac?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 1:00 pm Post subject:
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1275&item=4396714811&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Is that who I think it is selling it?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 1:00 pm Post subject:

Twoscoops wrote:

So 'vegetarian unless you've got some meat or fish' week?

I think I might be able to manage that. Do I have to wait until Monday before I start, or can I get going right away?

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 1:12 pm Post subject:

I think that's Franco.

The cure I used was from

www.freedomway.co.uk

called Somerset Secret Cure. Unfortunately the
recipe on the site doesn�t correspond with what you get in the post � it�s a bit flaky when it comes to info � so I guessed and used 30g of the cure to 300g of salt in a wet brine for a 1.4kg pc of brisket. Tasted pretty good, and I'm glad Jema has given me the excuse to eat it next week.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 2:20 pm Post subject:
So that's a vegetarian, fish anc cured meat week. Great

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 2:24 pm Post subject:
Don't want to stray even further from the original post but how about a "don't visit a supermarket for a week" Regards the veggie thing, I'm happy to join in but I'll find it pretty easy as my OH is veggie so most meals tend to be that way anyway. The supermarket thing will take a bit of doing though! Last edited by monkey1973 on Fri Jul 29, 05 2:25 pm; edited 1 time in total

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 05 2:24 pm Post subject:
DO YOU EXPECT US TO STARVE, OR SOMETHING!!!

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