![]() Goats need to be here before the end of the month. Right now, chickens are The Thing, but we’re hoping to get the cows moved in before the end of the month, and maybe ducks next week. I write something in my head, and before I have a chance to sit and write it out, something else happens that is Even Better, and causes the previous thing to be uninteresting. ![]() Netler building skin#About 5 or 6 hours of smoking has left a very nice smokey flavour in the bacon – not subtle and not overpowering, I don’t think it get’s much better than this! Bacon slab, skin on, with nipples! Bacon slices, nipple skin removed. Those tweaks did the trick and we landed right on target of 75 deg F. There was plenty of smoke passing through so we weren’t missing out on the whole reason for this setup. We cooled the smoke box down by wedging one of the frames up a bit to let some cool air mix in and by rotating the lid to let more smoke and heat out. We initially made a hot fire of dry wood to have a good bed of coals and to ensure the pipe was warmed up so we would get an adequate draw – four feet of flame says our draw was too good and the temperature in the box was over 300 degrees F! We cooled the fire down by adding damp alder shavings and restricting the air intake. Hard to see, but we inserted a long-probe brewing thermometer in the side to keep an eye on temperatures inside the box. Netler building full#In the top frame we drilled some holes to slide electrical conduit through, from which we hung the meats! The lid is a full plywood pallet upsidown. The smoker box is several frames of wood stacked on each other. The front of the firebox was closed up with an old electrical panel cover – door opens to add more damp shavings whole panel comes off when we need to dig out ashes! A bit of scavenged flashing helped to keep smoke from seeping out where the panel meets with the top paver. We filled in around the bricks and overtop the terracotta pipe with a clay-heavy soil. smoker firebox smoker firebox built into hill We shaped a few bricks for the terracotta pipe vent to direct the smoke out the back. ![]() ![]() There is a monstrous 20″ x 20″ paver as the base, the firebrick is dry-stacked (as this is a “temporary” setup), and a matching 20″ x 20″ paver on top. We dug a bit into a hillock and built up three sides of firebrick reclaimed from an old chimney. Hanging where, you ask? In our smoker! Our goal was to cold-smoke these pieces to get the flavour and to be able to freeze them and then thaw and cook at a later time. Then all pieces were dried and tied for hanging. As this was a bit long for brining the small pieces (too salty!), after the brine was poured off, we soaked them in fresh water for an hour or so to draw some of the salt back out. Meanwhile, two hams, some hocks, and trotters were all immersed in a brine of again, about 50/50 salt and sugar and left for the week. At the end of the week, the cure is rinsed off and the slabs are dried and wired-up for hanging. As the week progressed, the moisture drawn out would get discarded and more cure applied as needed. ![]() The belly slabs and the jowels were liberally rubbed with a cure of 50/50 salt and sugar and stored in a cold animal-proof place. We had lots of help, which is good because it is a lot of work! The transfer will take 1 business day to reach Neteller, but don't ask me how fast they will actually credit it to your Neteller account.Two weekends ago we slaughtered our first pig, complete with traditional dip-scalding and scraping to remove hair and pigmented skin. Log into your Deutsche Bank internet banking, and do a SEPA transfer using the IBAN (local bank account number) and BIC specified, and quote the reference # in the field "Verwendungszweck". Then it's simply a matter of transferring the amount you selected from your checking account at Deutsche Bank to Neteller's bank account at Sofort Bank. The site will then display a window with information like this, which is a local bank account: Enter the amount you want to top up (minimum €22.50), then click "continue". Log into your Neteller account online and change the language to English if necessary.Ĭlick on "Money in", then click on the icon that looks like a bank building ("local bank deposit"). ![]()
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