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October sunset

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Sunset following a day of unusual October downpours:

 

 

Just go outside after the rain

 

 

Mufenje at sunset

 

Night all!

Make your Bacon

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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 view from Villa Straylight: evening temperature inversion

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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

 

 

Walliser käseschnitte

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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

We build our own Fogão a Lenha cooking stove

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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!