Hello from Central Vic

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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:25 am

Wellsy wrote:Hey NED
I lived for 25 years in Echuca, lovely spot

Wellsy It is, but it can get damn hot in summer, we have had 40 to 45 deg. Those temps usually only last a week though as you would have experienced.

Hey mate if your anywhere Newstead and thats south of Castlemaine and North of Creswick, call into the butchers and get some Bull Boars. For the uneducated people google them :text-lol:
My grandfather on my mums side (Gervasoni) made them and this is the best ones you can get in Victoria. Sometimes he has Bull Boar patties.

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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Wellsy » Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:48 pm

We always found the heat during the day was bad but it just does not cool down at night, worst night we had up there it only dropped to 33 degrees. We were up there on black Saturday and it got to 47 bit that was the worst it ever got. I know exactly where Newstead is so might need to do a run for those bull boars. A good snorker is worth driving for :)
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby crow » Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:38 pm

Yeah bullboars are all the go around here and they are pretty good, Dutch Tucker. Back home we were surrounded by German smallgoods something I really miss around here. Ya can get haggis but can not get metwurst for love or money and the black pudding here is a fair bit plainer than the old blütwust.
Summer is great here pity it only lasts a week or two.
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:15 am

Wellsy wrote:We always found the heat during the day was bad but it just does not cool down at night, worst night we had up there it only dropped to 33 degrees. We were up there on black Saturday and it got to 47 bit that was the worst it ever got. I know exactly where Newstead is so might need to do a run for those bull boars. A good snorker is worth driving for :)

Your right about the weather
Beef and Pork, plus a dozens of spices and of course red wine
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:23 am

crow wrote:Yeah bullboars are all the go around here and they are pretty good, Dutch Tucker. Back home we were surrounded by German smallgoods something I really miss around here. Ya can get haggis but can not get metwurst for love or money and the black pudding here is a fair bit plainer than the old blütwust.
Summer is great here pity it only lasts a week or two.


Sorry Crow need to correct you there. They are Italian, made by the Gervasoni Clan during the Gold Rush era. (Manily around the Yandoit area)

Bit of history here :- The name in Northern part of Italy in a small village called "San Gallo" (Near Bergamo) was Le I Talionna's.
Of course the Aussie, because they were made with Beef and Pork called them "Bullboars" and the name stuck.

You can boil them or put them on the barby. I like the B-B-Q better

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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Wellsy » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:59 am

:text-+1:

Snorkas should never be boiled, always cook them on a hot plate
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby The Stig » Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:02 am

So come on where’s the pictures :law-policered:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Wellsy » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:10 am

1 word of warning Stig if you are asking for pictures. Do not, repeat , do not, google pictures of sausages as you might not get images you really wanted to see :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:59 am

The Stig wrote:So come on where’s the pictures :law-policered:


Okay Stig you asked for it :text-lol:

The black one is hung and dried like a salami for about 8 weeks
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby crow » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:25 am

Learn something new every day, was local yokels told me it was Dutch. The smallgoods around here are not the same as SA even if some products have the same name they are a different style. My partner likes a place down at Bell Post called something like secceida meats that do all Slavic smallgoods. Right here it's pretty British centric which some is pretty good and some ( like Devon) not so much.was cooking haggis up the other week and was a bit fast causing it to split, God what a disgusting mess :puke-huge:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby The Stig » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:26 am

I wanted still pictures not food pics :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby dans.brew » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:43 am

The Stig wrote:I wanted still pictures not food pics :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
Show off your new toy

I dunno stig, those snags look pretty good too...
We do however like a bit of copper or shiny stainless porn though :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:46 am

The Stig wrote:I wanted still pictures not food pics :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
Show off your new toy


My Bad :text-lol:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:09 am

The Stig wrote:I wanted still pictures not food pics :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
Show off your new toy


Stig you may not have seen my still that I purchased from Andrew :text-lol: :whistle:

Hey whilst I have the brains trust here . I have always got 93% and just doing a run and only getting 85%
TTFW 36 litrtes @25%
4 Plates with packed section 1kg of copper on the bottom 500kg of copper on the top and filled with scoria.
No leaks, Plates pretty even at 85%
I did notice the top plate started to flood a bit when temp got to 85 in the boiler, but I had two element on. This was when I was heating with full reflux on.
I wonder why its changed.
Any suggestions tks
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby The Stig » Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:19 am

I was talking to Wellsy :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
But i must agree those bangers look the goods Ned
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:53 am

The Stig wrote:I was talking to Wellsy :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
But i must agree those bangers look the goods Ned

Ha Ha All good :text-lol:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby dans.brew » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:04 pm

Hey Ned.. sounds like it should be right.
Whats your output at the 85% and is the Abv dropping or sitting at the 85%?
My only thought was whether or not you've got a bit of flooding in your packed section from it being too tight? :think:
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Wellsy » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:25 pm

Here you go Stig
Don’t panic about the plastic collection jug this was for the vinegar run
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Wellsy » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:26 pm

Isn’t that the most beautiful thing you have ever seen :)
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Re: Hello from Central Vic

Postby Ned » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:30 pm

dans.brew wrote:Hey Ned.. sounds like it should be right.
Whats your output at the 85% and is the Abv dropping or sitting at the 85%?
My only thought was whether or not you've got a bit of flooding in your packed section from it being too tight? :think:


Hey Dan, Its was steady at 85%, but after the foreshots I have been able to get it to 90% and its pretty stable at that.

I reckon your right. I might have bumped the 500ml packed section when putting it on after the stripping run.
Output is about 2.5 litres a minute (drip drip dribble) for the foreshots and 2.7 litres for Heads etc (pencil line)
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