You may think me silly but, talking about the clarity of your water makes me want some now !
Cast Iron is and always will be awesome !
Either the extraterrestrials helped us out or....a lot of foods were invented on a dare.
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You may think me silly but, talking about the clarity of your water makes me want some now !
Cast Iron is and always will be awesome !
Either the extraterrestrials helped us out or....a lot of foods were invented on a dare.
Yeah thats what I read too. I think I will be trying it out tomorrow if it doesn't rain, maybe with some thin sliced flank or something.
I got it as a present but the person who got it for me said they got it from home depot. I am sure you can get one from other places as well.
We also have really good water. Much better than in England in my opinion. Can't even get a good cup of tea down there lol.
I was wondering, can you boil and poach in bare cast iron?
I wouldn't boil and poach in a cast iron skillet or pan... too much risk of losing the nice layer of seasoning. In a cast iron pot, I wouldn't hesitate but I would fully dry it as soon as I'm done.
Here's my last batch of bacon, one of the last things I did before it got too cold to enjoy a bbq here. This one turned out a little low on salt, but it cured fine and smoked well. That's around 5lb of bacon between those 3 pieces. I cut it to 1lb pieces and vacuum it, and store it in the freezer. I've got some even and thinner pieces of meat this time, it will make even salting and curing easier.
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Oh man, that looks good. But nettle soup in the winter? Did you use dry nettles? It never occurred to me, I have only ever made it a few times, when the nettles are really fresh in the spring. Just a few days, 2-3 weeks max here, that I've thought to pick them.
Edit: I see you posted the answer to my question in a later post. I shall have to look into dried nettles, only place I know you can get them here is from the specialty shops and they are way expencive. I'll look online :)
Looks great,I love making Bacon,better than anything store bought by far.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...cone/bacon.jpg
Bacon makes everything better, including bacon... fact! Corollary self-improvement tip: wrap yourself in bacon! :hmmm:
Sweet fancy Moses...:dropjaw:
The last few posts with photos of bacon just won the internet today.
:idea: Maybe I need to start making my own bacon...
Anyone have any good recipes?