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[Mossy]

your Pharaoh girl really does look like she's trotting on the rope-line- graceful, elegant dogs are they...bet she's wicked fast too!

Wicked fast and absolutely Beautiful when she does.
She was born to run...

Woooow! what a transformation in that shed- excellent! I like the interior color... Did I miss what plans you have for it? Best of all, you'll have your poly' back soon!

Workshop.
We couldn't really use it before coz the roof had bellied and it leaked.
Fortunately it hadn't fallen in and all the original tiles were unbroken..so they jacked it back into place and have ponted most of the tiles.
We will find out february..that is rainey season over here...

Are you doing the ribs in the oven? One nice trick is to grill them fast and hot, just to put some quick brown on them, then off to finish in the oven .....

I was pressure cooking them for 10 minutes..then covering in red bell pepper powder for colour..and oven for 15 mins..then tossed in sauce rather than marinated.
It is just the first couple of times I have slow roasted.

Hottest I can take is a bit of the Habanero family, like the Bonnets... there's a almost fruity-? flavor dancing around in there, but beyond a point, the heat just takes over the taste buds and beats them senseless! I found a hot sauce here that has the Hab's tamed enough that you can put on a good splash to get lots of flavor without dying-

My favourite chilli of the year is the scotch bonnet..hot..then Gone..no afterburn.
Clean and fruity.
The hottest was the Trinidad Scorpion..then I found out it can be up to 1 million schovilles.....no wonder it was a bit Warm.
Hot..then a 20 minute after burn when your taste buds are singed and your nose hair curls..

So, you have that grill/smoker you showed earlier? If so, I'll see about posting up what the BBQ book says about working with that type unit,... Okay, here are some recipes for a couple sauces, rubs, mops, ribs-- which will work fine on pork shoulder too,... most will have penciled-in note, modifications, and/or alternate ideas for spicing... a couple of the rib recipes don't need actual smoking either!

Yup..that is the one..and somewhere in either the garage or the tunnel..we have some wood powder.

a little saute' onion/garlic isa nice addition- ... crushed/course grind is best; amazing on steak- the juices over mash or rice is a meal alone!-

I started drying some garlic yesterday..celery..orange skins and the chillies..so I can make me own rubs..and for soup etc...as the rest of the herbs appear..they will be added.

this Asian style one is awesome; if fresh plums aren't around, jam+hoisin can substitute, just reduce sugar amount; 5-spice optional

hoisin I can't use coz it is fermented..but I do make Amazing spiced plumb sauces...

do you like teriyaki? and can you get sake'? ...hope you and Hubby enjoy these!

No teriyaki..we ain't keen on it..and I Think you can substitue dry sherry for sake.
You don't get chinese food supermarkets over here like you do in the UK....unfortunately.

More soon..dogs demanding brecky..and it is down the ranch...

 

[Mossy]

@Waira..I am starting my collection for rubs...and my seed collection...it will soon be time to start the chillies off again.

The Willy Chillies..lasted right through until we hit the 1'C patch and the poor plant collapsed.. ..they aren't a top tasting chilli..pretty mild..but you always get a Laugh out of them..

 

[Mossy]

If you can get hold of some finger lime trees you'll be sorted , currently you can buy 50g in the UK for £14.99

Wow..that is some price....no Wonder they are called lime caviar.

Finger Limes (Citrus australasica) have "Juice Vesicals"which are very readily separated and are sometimes called "Lime Caviar".
Commercial production of Finger limes only started in the 1990's and since then Finger Limes have become very popular in high end restaurants.

Yeah..I could See that. The idea of fresh cooked scallops with little lime beads on top made me want the tree..

The Finger Limes are a tropical sub story plant with spiny thorns (many citrus have thorns) and can grow from 2M to 7M tall.
There is a high demand for fruiting stock and currently most stock is from wild sources and then grafted on to a standardized citrus root stock.

Gotta go on the birthday list..

The dried fruits contain saponins, triterpenoids and alkaloids[279].

Hoo..hoo.....Alkaloids..it always comes back to the Alkaloids..now I Know the med effect.

They are considered to purify the blood and aid digestion

Purifying the blood..like the Olive Leaf...

It is hypnotic, narcotic, sedative, stomachic and tonic

Sounds Good....

They are said to promote the growth of hair

Oh Bugger..there had to be a downside....

Cheers arty..some Nice homework for me to get me teeth into there...

 

[Mossy]

Hmm...that really is a good small business idea........Manuka Honey Farm...

 

[trailanimal]

I said that me favourite chilli I had grown this season was the Scotch Bonnet..and the hottest was the Trinidad Scorpion..I was shuffling papers today and clocked me Notes..the Scorpion is up to 1,000,000 schovilles..View attachment 526906

That explains a lot...

Here is a before and after on the drying shed...View attachment 526907

When we first got it there was a shelf right in the middle of the door frame.
It had been an old drying shed for olives etc..

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You can see where the roof struts had rotted and dropped the roof..
Lots of 200 year old dust and spiders webs...

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They jacked the roof back into place with a couple of lintils..

Added glass bricks and plastered up all the old dust.

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Just the other two walls left to skim..next Tuesday..and we should have rid of the builders...

love that ancient dust, not, the bane of remodelers. what progress you make, inspiring

 

[Mossy]

http://www.viverosflorena.com/#!pro...tralian-finger-lime,-microcitrus-australasica.

 

[MikeyB420]

Sod hair growth!! I'm off to source fresh mussels and a decent bottle of Chablis...................

My local (travelling fishmonger) is here on Wednesday! Finger Limes are available in my local Hal-Al shop and the Chablis is available in all good wine merchants (well, maybe not all!)



Mikey

 

[Mossy]

Meanwhile back @ the Ranch.....the builders have gone..

The problem is.....................................................it makes the rest of the wall look tatty now...

I was Thinking..it would make a nice Consultancy/Pharmacy when spain legalises and I get me canna co-operative.. I Wish they would get on with it...

love that ancient dust,

Not Loving the ancient cobwebs and wasp nests....I Thought we might get away with power washing it..but hubby says it is just bamboo and plaster..so the power washer would probably bring it down..

Sod hair growth!! I'm off to source fresh mussels and a decent bottle of Chablis...................

My local (travelling fishmonger) is here on Wednesday! Finger Limes are available in my local Hal-Al shop and the Chablis is available in all good wine merchants (well, maybe not all!)

You will be Fine Mikey....the hair growth is from the other tree...not the finger limes.
If you get some..let us know what they are like...
If the are horrid..I'll get the kaffir lime instead...

 

[krug]

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[Mossy]

Mossy: Have you thought about a

Hmm..I hadn't krug cheers..I was Thinking more the yard brush..or up a ladder with the dyson...