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I'm making bacon. Anyone else make their own food or drink stuff?



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Chutney, jam, bread, cake.

I used to brew wine from kits, but they gave me appalling hangovers. The ginger beer exploded.
 








Brok

Bork. I meant Bork.
Dec 26, 2011
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Been brewing a fair bit of apple juice, with a bit of sugar and a bit of yeast.

But...

What is the difference between apple wine, and cider? I honestly have no idea.

Turned out to be about 8% alcohol, and it is absolutely delicious.
 


MTSeagulls

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Sep 18, 2019
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Been brewing a fair bit of apple juice, with a bit of sugar and a bit of yeast.

But...

What is the difference between apple wine, and cider? I honestly have no idea.

Turned out to be about 8% alcohol, and it is absolutely delicious.
I'm doing the same at the moment and looked this up today ha ha
Anything up to 8.5% alcohol is cider and anything higher is wine.
 




Brok

Bork. I meant Bork.
Dec 26, 2011
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Well, more by luck than judgment, my cider, wine, and beer are all ready at the same time to bottle.
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MTSeagulls

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Sep 18, 2019
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Well, more by luck than judgment, my cider, wine, and beer are all ready at the same time to bottle.
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I like the DIY airlocks 👍
I currently have two batches of cider on the go and had some nice bacon for breakfast that I smoked yesterday.
Thinking to make some pineapple wine this week as they are relatively cheap at the moment and also some smoked liver chicken paté.
 








Blues Guitarist

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Oct 19, 2020
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It's day 2 of bacon curing here at Tubthumper Towers. My venture into the world of making my own bacon. The big day is Saturday when it will be unpacked and sampled.

I know of one other bacon maker, who has been helpful with some tips, and a beer brewer. Anyone else make stuff?
British couple in Germany make British-style bacon. Well worth a try. https://www.britishbacon.de/
 


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Brok

Bork. I meant Bork.
Dec 26, 2011
4,366
Took the tip from someone earlier on in this thread, and tried using Corn Flakes instead of breadcrumbs to bake some chicken wings in.

When I say Corn Flakes, all I had was Honey Nut Corn Flakes.

Ran them through the Spong 601, and covered the wings with them and baked them.

Bloody awful. :(
 




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