This is so simple – courtesy of some Scottish inspiration during our visit in the holidays and some reading of the River Cottage Handbook No. 13 Curing and Smoking by Steven Lamb. And yes a Parma is on the way – if we can wait!
The first cut
The first three slices
In the pan
Streaky
Streaky in the pan
The evening temperature inversion:
Evening Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
Evening Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
Evening Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
And, the morning temperature inversion:
Morning Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
Morning Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
Morning Temperature Inversion at The Troutbeck School
Tractor power being used to deliver stones for building the foundations:
Hurler crossing the first foundation trench
Up to the second, internal, trench
We want the stones right here!
On target
A drivers eye view
The drivers eye view
Don’t worry there was a large boulder below the wheel!
The largest we have ever moved!
ROAR!
Before Easter we experimented with making our own Walliser käseschnitte. Of course this required a lot of experimentation and tasting!
Walliser käseschnitte cooking under the grate
Walliser käseschnitte fresh from the fire and ready to eat!
Walliser käseschnitte at its best!
Some of our previous versions from the electric grill:
Making Walliser käseschnitte at home
Eating Walliser käseschnitte at home
Making more Walliser käseschnitte
Just completed building our first Fogão a Lenha – i.e. Brazilian wood burning cooking stove. With a hint of the rocket mass heater / stove thrown in.
Our finished Fogão a Lenha with chimney over on the right in the corner
Three pots on the Fogão a Lenha
Flames showing that heat and smoke are drawn along the stove to the chimney
Didymus the builder
Boiling 20L of water
Boiling 20L of water
Wheel drums form the rings
Learning how to position the wok
To allow maximum heat!
Fire from the entranceway can be felt on the third ring in – drawn along by the draught from the chimney.
We like it!
The ‘Davies and Daughters Towing Company’ just helped out ZESA and collected a nice heavy 3 phase 50 KVA transformer using the flat bed trailer. Then hauled it up and swapped it out with the 10 KVA unit.
Re-securing the transforming to the trailer part way through a bumpy ride
On site and waiting patiently until the old one is lowered down
ZESA starting to remove the old 10 KVA transformer
Arcing horns on the 50 KVA oil immersion transformer
Pulling up the new transformer onto a newly created platform
This thing weighs in somewhere around 550 kg including windings and oil.
Pulling up the new transformer onto a newly created platform
Thank you ZESA!
Eastern Highlander 