That meant that I had to source the meat and fat from Melbourne, as opposed to the Inglewood butcher
Went to a Woolies supermarket, who couldn't sell me any fat, as they didn't have a code for that, and couldn't give it to me either....
Luckily there was a stand alone butcher in the centre, and he was able to sell me some fat.(had already bought the meat from Woolies)
Dropped the kids at work on Saturday morning, and then continued on to Inglewood, was lovely and sunny to start with, but then got progressively greyer as we drove onwards.
Got to Inglewood around 12, had some lunch, nice hot pie, Justin went and had a haircut, and I went and had a nap... we'd had a late night on Friday, going out to a charity function with Karen and Mark, was lots of fun, but I woke up early, so was somewhat sleep deprived
Anyway, I did actually get to sleep (in the afternoon), and Justin came and woke me up at 3pm so that we could go to Terry's for salami making. Alex had also arrived whilst I was napping.
Alex drove us to Terry's and he already had a coffee waiting for us - nice!
And then the salami making commenced.
First up Terry directed me to work out which flavourings (and quantities) we wanted. Decided on salt, pepper, smoked paprika, garlic and red wine.
Terry ground up the spices, the boys peeled the garlic, and I firstly cut the pork and fat into pieces, and then ground them up with the garlic
Once the meat/fat was all ground up, I mixed in the ground spices and red wine - by hand of course, until the mixture had changed colour slightly and was quite sticky
Started off with just one hand, as I wanted to keep the other clean, but in the end I needed both hands, just needed "to get in there"
And then the actual construction of the sausages
As per usual, I was on pushing down duty, Justin was tying on, Terry was assessing the filling, and Alex filled up the tray. We were a well oiled salami making troupe
And then we started on the bullboar sausages. Once again I was on pushing down duty, Alex was filling the plate, and Terry collected and twisted the sausages. Justin was off duty, so played the guitar
Once we were done, we walked over to the Village Green around 6pm, and I proffered my chicken terrine which I had made the day before. Maile & David and Nicole and Damo were there already. And the evening was lovely, at some stage during the afternoon while we were sausaging it had become sunny and blue again, with the wind dying down. Therefore the evening was clear and starry. As per below we had a brazier to warm our hands if required
Wandered back to Terry's - for dinner, and Arleen and David came too. Terry of course provided us with a lovely dinner, and a good night was had by all, except perhaps Justin who had stepped into a rather deep and muddy puddle in Terry's driveway. I've never seen puddles in Kingower before, and it's very green - so even though this Winter was supposed to be quite dry, it doesn't seem like it.
Alex kindly drove us home
Was too windy, and a bit cool to have breakfast outside on Sunday, so we ate in the kitchen with the blow heater on
Afterwards, hung up the salamis in the cellar - ahh 3 + months til they are cured
And Justin and Alex played a bit of PJs music
I found the mystery bird - which had left droppings all over the house, a non lamented Indian Miner
And then I put my overalls on and went and did some weeding/gardening
As I said it was very green, Gordon will need to come and mow the weeds soon, which are creating their own little dales and hillocks
It's so deep in places that I couldn't see my feet. The below photo is of my overalled legs looking down, and my boots enveloped by the weeds
I was also attacking these rotten South African weeds in the "grass" which look a bit like small gladioli - I remember Jamie Nevins pointing them out and saying how bad they are, and how easily they spread. Given that the ground is moist they are relatively easy to pull out
As you can see it was a lovely sunny day, so I soon warmed up, and tied the sleeves of my overalls, really coveralls around my waist.
However, Justin was not as warm, in fact, he was seemingly freezing as demonstrated by the below photo of him withstanding the elements at lunch time under the tree
As you can see, I was fine, and Alex was somewhere in between
Spring was also in the air with lots of jonquils in flower
And the almonds were almost in bloom - should be out fully when I come back next time
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