Still Smarter

Welcome back!

Great to hear from you again Anavrin.

I keep telling myself I’ll get back into it soon, but just seem to be really busy!

That’s the joy of having a house full of kids I guess, anyway I remember on the old site there was a lot of talk about smoking (the food type).

Who’s got a smoker? I’ve just got a Kamado recently done a few pork shoulders and simple stuff but I’m still a novice looking for recipes, so if anyone’s got any tips feel free to share

Well done you dude...I'm into all kinds of smoking...cold, hot....love to cold smoke home-cured bacon.

Ice.

Home bodged hot and cold smokers here.
The weather went downhill here today.
So after a quick 15 mile bike-ride, I settled for some undercover veg. gardening and a beer mash.
Drowned a rat and freed a shrew from the traps.
Whisky spirit run this evening, not done one for 18 months.
Gave the bees a new box two nights ago, they are busy
Think that I have the Delta variant, but suspect that it is just a cold.
Every day that I wake up is a good one.
Just plugging away and trying to keep smilin'

Robert.

Every day I am getting better and better! Just not sure what!

I have still recovering from food poisoning. 2 weeks ago. Properly laid me out (after 4 continuous days and nights on the big white telephone).

So yeah every day I am getting better & better

Mash wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:56 pm I have still recovering from food poisoning. 2 weeks ago. Properly laid me out (after 4 continuous days and nights on the big white telephone).

So yeah every day I am getting better & better

Any idea where & when you caught it???...I had it once maybe 35 years back...didn't last as long as you...thank god.

Ice.

That sounds horrible Mash, get well soon.
I wired up my new 3kw element in my new boiler and plugged in to check how close to 3kw power output it was. It registered system overload 3.9kw so I sent it back for exchange. The exchange element reads 3.45kw output on max. I would have thought an electrical element with 3kw stamped on wouldn't exceed 3kw output or not by much, but I know nothing about electrickery

No idea were I caught it and it wasn't contagious but 5 dispensary packs of Immodium and I am back in the game. Now on 5 meals a day to recover the 1.5 stone I lost.

Ooh, sounds nasty Mash
Hope you feel better soon

Mash,
I hate to ask personal questions...
Some of these pickled foods you do...
Were you eating any a few weeks ago?

I pickle food, but if ever in doubt, throw it out.
Just asking
Glad you are on the mend.

Robert.

Mash that 1.5 Stone you lost mate, well you gave it to me you rotter.
I don't want it trying to loose a couple of tons.

Easydrinker wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:08 am Mash,
I hate to ask personal questions...
Some of these pickled foods you do...
Were you eating any a few weeks ago?

Nope. Nothing my wife didn't eat.
Came from somewhere else. Must have been bad hand hygiene on my part.

I am a fan "any doubt, chuck it out".. Even more so now

.. I am getting through a lot of honey at the moment. And Tbh I think it has contributed to my recovery.

gaza the instructor wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:08 am Mash that 1.5 Stone you lost mate, well you gave it to me you rotter.
I don't want it trying to loose a couple of tons.

... And the weight just flushes right away

Hope you are feeling better mate. When you can trust a fart it will be time
for you to leave grasshopper.

Mash wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:56 pm I have still recovering from food poisoning. 2 weeks ago. Properly laid me out (after 4 continuous days and nights on the big white telephone).

So yeah every day I am getting better & better

Mash, I hope you are well on the mend. The other half had something similar a couple of weeks ago and blamed it on a tuna sandwich I got for her. She just found out today one of her mates had the same thing and lost a stone. Apparently her doctor told her it was caused by an airborne virus.

gaza the instructor wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:14 pm Hope you are feeling better mate. When you can trust a fart it will be time
for you to leave grasshopper.

I know that feeling

Windoe wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:25 pm
.... Apparently her doctor told her it was caused by an airborne virus.

That's very interesting 'cos to be honest, we have struggled to identify the cause.

We eat together and eat the same... No one else has had this! (thank heavens).

Did the doctor put a name to it?

Mash wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:50 am

Windoe wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:25 pm
.... Apparently her doctor told her it was caused by an airborne virus.

That's very interesting 'cos to be honest, we have struggled to identify the cause.

We eat together and eat the same... No one else has had this! (thank heavens).

Did the doctor put a name to it?

Unfortunately not, but it is quite common, https://www.gov.uk/government/collecti ... d-analysis perhaps your better half has some immunity from the virus?

That link seems to lead to bacterial infections, not viruses.

Robert.

Try this one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenteritis#Viral

Bored with eating strawberries, today I started a wine with them.
I may have to poke & ferment with more yeast, but it all keeps you on your toes.

Robert.

Joys of working at home every so often mean I have been able to do the spirit run on generations 1, 2 and 3 of my first ever UJSSM. Got a lot of jars to blend tomorrow.
Also stuck the airstill on and ran a batch of the "apple juice" gin from the recipes section but with orange juice instead.
Plus I finally remembered to dry out some yeast for Ice.

All while doing my day job