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 Topic: Chorizo (dried, like salami) |
dougal
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 Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:51 am Subject: Chorizo (dried, like salami) |
Ingredients
Pork shoulder, boneless, 2.25kg
Prague Powder No 2 (Cure No 2) 6g
Dextrose 10g
Garlic, peeled, 36g
Salt 50g
Acidophilus starter culture
Water, chilled, 60g
Paprika, smoked, ' ... |
| Topic: Merguez - spicy lamb sausages |
dougal
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Views: 7737
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Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:51 am Subject: Merguez - spicy lamb sausages |
Ingredients
Sweet Red Pepper - 2
Fennel Seed - a heaped teaspoonful
Cumin Seed - 2 heaped teaspoonfuls
Salt - 2 level teaspoons
Garlic - at least 2 big fat cloves (don't skimp!)
Fresh Coriand ... |
| Topic: squatting... |
dougal
Replies: 14
Views: 14193
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Fri Apr 11, 08 3:58 pm Subject: squatting... |
| It may well be that the empty properties are not available because they are in need of some "essential" maintenance (perhaps rewiring?) to bring them to a currently acceptable specification/condition ... |
| Topic: Consultation on protecting health of bees |
dougal
Replies: 5
Views: 11696
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Thu Apr 10, 08 2:06 pm Subject: Consultation on protecting health of bees |
Posting this here (as well) so it gets noticed.
A couple of days back DEFRA seemingly *announced* some definite measures, along with the consultation proposals.
This was reported in The Times, m ... |
| Topic: price of honey |
dougal
Replies: 24
Views: 31491
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Thu Apr 10, 08 11:37 am Subject: price of honey |
Dunno how widely this was reported...
From yesterday's Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3708819.ece
The creation of a Dad�s Army-style force to protect honey bees ... |
| Topic: Waste wood � the untapped resource for Biomass Fuel |
dougal
Replies: 11
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Apr 10, 08 10:13 am Subject: Waste wood � the untapped resource for Biomass Fuel |
Strange that this should crop up on the same day that one of my eBay searches should throw up a rather unusual Biomass (sawdust) greenhouse heater.
Its collection only...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ ... |
| Topic: dna |
dougal
Replies: 10
Views: 9098
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Thu Apr 10, 08 9:22 am Subject: dna |
| Isn't it about time this lot was re-compiled to run on silicon (rather than carbon) hardware? |
| Topic: compost proportion calcuator |
dougal
Replies: 6
Views: 9121
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Apr 08, 08 5:20 pm Subject: compost proportion calcuator |
Excellent link. (Because nobody else had added it to the site links page, I have!)
Note BTW that the ingredients list is in "green-ness order", the 'greenest' at the top, the 'brownest' at the bot ... |
| Topic: One mans way of making Chorizo |
dougal
Replies: 80
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 9:09 pm Subject: One mans way of making Chorizo |
I don't believe Kevin has commercial aspirations.
So he doen't need to prove anything to anyone other than his family.
Defrosting DOs
* Defrost food in the refrigerator. This is t ... |
| Topic: What acreage of solar panels... |
dougal
Replies: 30
Views: 25347
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 1:11 pm Subject: What acreage of solar panels... |
| I wouldn't be thinking only in terms of using solar heated water for the washing machine - though if that's what you want to do, and only want to get up to 40 degrees, then a pretty *tiny* system woul ... |
| Topic: Bean to cup coffee machines |
dougal
Replies: 15
Views: 15829
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 12:44 pm Subject: Bean to cup coffee machines |
And its Lavazza 'ESE' pods that I use on my (wouldn't recommend that model) conventional espresso machine.
I can get the Lavazza ESE pods in France, no bother and cheaply. Different thing over here. |
| Topic: What acreage of solar panels... |
dougal
Replies: 30
Views: 25347
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 12:39 pm Subject: What acreage of solar panels... |
| If you are having roof work done (or need to change your hot water tank) then installing solar *thermal* (ie water heating) can be done for even less extra cost than it would cost to do the job entire ... |
| Topic: One mans way of making Chorizo |
dougal
Replies: 80
Views: 674249
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 12:19 pm Subject: One mans way of making Chorizo |
| >> Ros -- somewhere cool for hanging. An old, but working, fridge (or even chest freezer for the ambitious) makes a good curing cabinet. However, you need to create a means of controlling it at ... |
| Topic: Bean to cup coffee machines |
dougal
Replies: 15
Views: 15829
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Fri Apr 04, 08 10:10 am Subject: Bean to cup coffee machines |
unless you keep a coffee machine obsessively cleaned, the coffee tastes awful.
you must not wash a mocha machine! the oils develop and enrichen the flavour ...
I'd imagine if you've got a funny t ... |
| Topic: What acreage of solar panels... |
dougal
Replies: 30
Views: 25347
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Apr 03, 08 6:02 pm Subject: What acreage of solar panels... |
Forget any idea of driving things directly from the panels.
Just think of the freezers. In the dark. Or on a dark January day.
If you are on the electricity mains, it makes massive financial sen ... |
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