Simple curing mixture: salt – 3%, #2 – 0.25%. After 3 weeks in refrigerator in vacuum bag meat (cross Berkshire/Chester white) was washed with white...
This product was my first attempt to utilize Texel DCM-1: cultures, developed for the whole muscles. At the end, there was a noticeable difference in the final product. It’s not...
Followed recipe from the book of Jeffrey Weiss “Charcuteria The Soul of Spain”, with some modifications. Couple of changes to the recipe: I left all back fat and skin and...
I’ve got couple of pig ears and feets with trotters from local supermarket. Very coarsely chopped everything, boiled in water for 5 min and discharged liquid. Slowly cooked (~85 C)...
At the age of 16, I spent a month in Luthuanian city Druskininkai. It was during the winter when USSR officially collapsed. The world and borders around us were radically...
My first experience in using new climate camera “Klima” took the shortest period of time, however, it became quite important due to the use of function...
One should be careful when using Blackstrap Molasses in charcuterie. “The same wind that uproots trees makes the grasses shine,” taught Rumi. Give too much and you cannot escape bitterness....
In every country there are typical Christmas festive dishes. In Czech Republic it’s carp, in States – turkey, in Russia – “Olivie” (Russian salad) and vodka. In Spain suckling pig...
At various times I came across an opinion that it is necessary to add an agglutinative component (gelatin and other collagen derivatives). However, I am not the fan of additives...
The connection between Mallorca, Sicily and Calabria is well known. Incorporation and Christianization of Mallorca in 1229 into the Crown of Aragon was the beginning of its Mediterranean expansion. Sicily...
Nowadays I find myself finally reading Timothy Snyder’s “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.” In the chapter on the Ukrainian Holodomor – if you don’t know what it is, google...
This deer “prosciutto” comes from a poor creature of our Lord, mercilessly killed by an arrow of a good friend, Michael. I’ve known Michael through one of my day-jobs for...
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