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    Pork belly costs?

    Pork belly costs in Australia vary from between $10.00 to $ 19.00 per kilo. Rediculous a whole forquarters are on sale right now for $ 3.79 kilo, same as whole back legs. Go figure!! Jan.
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    NDUJA Calabrian sausage

    Hi Dingo and Moikel, 'nDuja recipes seem to be closely guarded. I am slowly collecting recipes, instructions and general snippets of information. I intend to make it this coming May sometimes. Len Poli has a recipe on his website, have a look at this for a starter. He has some tripe in it as...
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    NDUJA Calabrian sausage

    Moikel, If you can help me with a recipe from these guys I will be real grateful. Just tell them it's for a Dutchman living in Australia The original recipe is Sicilian of course and only a special region. I accept any recipe at all and the procedure, be it Sicilian or Roman. I will make them...
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    NDUJA Calabrian sausage

    Hi Mick, I made quite a lot of salamis with Calabrians when I lived in Myrtleford Victoria many years ago. I rang them and they don't make them. I will order the book by Dr Pietro Demaio shortly, the updated version is just out now. I can always send the good doctor an email for help. But I...
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    NDUJA Calabrian sausage

    Hi, Do we have any recipes available for making Nduja sausage. I heard so much about these spreadable Calabrian sausages that I like to make them. Any hot spicy sausage is right up my alley? Thanks, Jan.
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    Pops6927's Wet Curing Brine

    Frank68, Your bacon looks mighty good, I am jealous. I will be using a bit less salt as I am looking to decrease my salt intake. Thank you for posting your photo's Cheers, Jan.
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    Pops6927's Wet Curing Brine

    Hi, How much salt did you actually use?  With Pops brine the salt can be varied a lot? Your bacon looks great. I am getting ready to do some myself. Cheers, Jan.
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    Pops6927's Wet Curing Brine

    Hi Pops, Busting my boiler to try out your brine recipe, Low salt is my preference for health reasons. I will report back soon. Thank you, Jan.
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    Pork belly costs?

    The cost of pork bellies have increased a lot due to all the Chefs on TV. Buy a whole fore-quarter or butts and cut slabs of the outside with the rind on. They smoke very well. I will never be using belly pork ever again for bacon. Cheers Mate, Jan.
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    Comment by 'crustyo44' in media 'image.jpg'

    That looks absolutely beautiful, in Australia we don't seem to eat a lot of pork ribs at all. We all need to adjust our BBQ habits. I am starting to feel mighty hungry looking at these racks. Thanks for posting, Jan.
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    Pork belly costs?

    I don't buy pork bellies anymore, Backlegs and whole forequarters sell now for between $2.99-$3.99 kilo. I cut slabs off them to smoke as bacon now. Nobody complained yet!!!!! Regards, Jan.
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    do i need a stuffer?

    I found the 7 lbs( 3 kg) model big enough. These stuffers are easy to fill, just make sure your pack the meat mix in tightly otherwise you have air bubbles in your snags. To come back to safety, keep the stuffer tube in the fridge before using and filling. Make SURE that you use the correct...
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    do i need a stuffer?

    Bonding sessions with mincers and stuffers are a thing of the past. I do feel for you, I am a bit the same. In our modern age, speed and  temperature control is of the utmost importance to produce a top quality sausage you can be proud of. Take photos, enlarge them and stick them on the...
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    Pork belly costs?

    I have bought whole fore quarters and used part of it for bacon, cut about 1 1/2" to 2"thick.  Whole forequarter cost here on special $ 2.99 a kilo. Kept the pork butts and minced the rest for sausages. Pork bellies are too expensive here, up to $ 15.99 kilo thanks to some of these idiot...
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    La Caja China cooking box

    Gentlemen, Thank you for all the advise and where to look. I have purchased now a set of plans.Easy to adapt to the smaller size I like to build. So far the plans look good. Good people do deal with as well. Regards, Jan.
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