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Hi folks Im looking to do some fermented chilli sauces this season in Australia and I have a question regarding the process of fermentation, or more to the point, when to add certain ingredients? Im planning to do my own Tabasco sauce and Tabasco style using fataliis and Ill be making a few...

Well as most of you know, I have been MIA for a good part of 12 months, dropping in here and there to say Hi but that's about it....... Lots of things were the cause of my absence and I won't bore you to tears with them all, but 2 reasons in particular sent me over the edge into a dark nasty...

I have been doing some reading up on brining and smoking, and the finer points on sausage making and I found these Documents very detailed and informative. So I thought I'd share the weath....... Part 1 Sausages Meat Selection Curing Part 2 Sausage Equipment required and Smoking meats Part 3...

Hello people. It's been a very long time since my last real activity on here and I hope to change all that soon. To help ease myself back into your good graces I have been busy over the last few weeks working on my 2nd attempt at a UDS. Well this time I can say I hit the JACKPOT!! I kept this...

Well I got all excited over the weekend and built a cupboard for my plants. I have a chest set up as my seed box which sits at a nice 28 degrees C but I never really had anything set up for once the seedling get put into a 3 inch pot, So I made this cupboard. It can fit 36 3 inch pots in it...

I have never really been a big fan of Tequila, most likely because I was drinking the cheap clear stuff that goes straight from the still to the bottle. Well, a while ago my brother (tony05) bought a nice bottle of Sierra Tequila and it tasted really nice. This had me thinking (plus the fact...

Today is ANZAC day (which stands for Australian And New Zealand Army Corps) here in Australia. This is a day for all Australians to honour our troops, past and present!! I would like to say to the Australian troops (and to all troops for that matter) serving overseas, you are far braver that...

Hey Guys Sorry I haven't been on all that much lately. Unfortunately this unwanted break could continue for a while as I have got a medical issue which has just hit me out of the blue and is knocking me around at the moment. It's hitting me pretty hard emotionally as well so I'm just hiding...

Get ready to set you brain on.......aaaawwwwwww Nothing spectacular but I thought I'd share....

Happy Australia day to all the Aussies out there.......:party: We had a few really big storms here last night but it's clearing now and shaping up to be a sunny and warm Australia day.......It only 8am and i'm actually thinking about going and getting my first beer. :lol: Long live this...

Yes I have been told this by many people but still had to grow it to see for myself.. The tree and the fruit both look like fatalii and the fruit is a lovely dark chaocolate colour but thre bloody thing tastes like a sweet pepper (capsicum) and has 0 heat......not even the slightest hint of...

About 5 months ago I purchased a packet of Trinidad Scorpion seeds from Gerald at the Chilli seed company in the UK. After spending a good number of months growing 3 of the seeds into plants and getting pods, I find that the pods ripen and look/taste exactly like 7 pots/pods. I have grown 7...

I will have one of these please!! :)

I am enjoying mixing spices and sometime herbs to make a certain style of seasoning from scratch. I'm using a mortar and pestle at the moment but I would like to try and get the mix finer than the mortar and pestle can provide. Do you think a coffee grinder would work? Or does anyone have a...

Well 2010 is only a few hours away for us in OZ so I'm off to the local river in the middle of town to watch the fireworks at 9pm then come home and watch the Sydney Habour midnight fireworks... New Years eve doesn't have the same appeal to me that it had 10 years ago. If the night is pumping...

I made a loaf of bread in my bread machine today and instead of using water, I used a 440ml can of Guinness Draught. Ingredients: 440ml can of Guinness Draught 2 Tbsp of oil 2 tsp of Salt 2 Tbsp of sugar (I used 1 1/2 Tbsp of honey) 4 1/3 cups of good Bakers flour 1 tsp of bread improver 1...

This movie goes for just under 3 hours and it seriously didn't feel like that long. I was totally captivated from the start to the very end. I walked out of the cinema with a big smile and kept looking at my g/f saying "that was really good". It set it the year 2154 on a distant planet with...

This my christmas tree. I have all new decorations this year cause when I opened the box that holds the tree and all the stuff that goes with it, i found that my ex decided she needed it more than me :lol:. It's nothing flashy but I'm pretty happy with it and that's all that matters. Show us...

What are we all planning to do For Christmas and new years eve? are you travelling to family or staying home? Any traditions that will be continued? For Christmas day I will be spending the morning with my girlfriend and her family then mum and dad are picking me up and I'm having lunch with...

I made it to the Sydney Motorcycle expo over the weekend and I still have a grin from ear to ear....... Their was so much to see and do, and I had a great time. I was disappointed that I had to leave at the end of the day and Then the realisation struck that I can't afford any of the gear i was...