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    Wild Boar??

    where i am in australia we shoot them while at work on the farm ( carry guns in tractors )almost every week and drag them off the paddock for the foxes and crows to clean up . i quite often just run over em in my 4X4 . few weeks back i got 9 in one go with my landcruiser you should of seen the...
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    Meat cuts

    ex england here born yorkshire, grew up stevenage herts , now living in australia queensland, and doing amercan style BBQ . just about make ya head spin that . anyway i was having the same trouble you are re meat cuts . pulled pork ( which by the way is well worth the effort ) is best made from...
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    hi from oz + a major problem ???

    G,day mate . all you have to do is go to bunnings or BBQ galore or camping place and buy an LP gas bottle same as used on the gas barbie
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    New Guy From Brisbane, Australia

    another aussie in here mate im a queenslander too , lived in brissy for 20 years but im out in the bush now. i have been smoking for probably 2 years maybe . and all i use is the old weber , although i am partway through building an offset . any way welcome to ya and enjoy . if you need any...
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    brisket cost - help pls

    G,day mate , thought i better chuck you an answer seeing as i am at least in the same country . yep briskets are hard to get because they all get corned as soon as they cut up the carcass i actualy was asking in a butcher shop in toowoomba today about getting one they told me i need to order...
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    Dumb Dog

    your spot on al , maybe we should all do a few cooks now and then without all our high tech aids , we may become better cooks that way . they got by for thousands of years without digital thermo,s and and stuff, would probably do us go to learn to Q well without them.
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    re mahogany

    seems strange to me too , when australia has produced more grapes than it knows what to do with the last 2 or 3 years .
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    re mahogany

    thanks tim , i will give it a whirl , nothing ventured nothing gained.
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    re mahogany

    G,day i want to make a batch of dutch's mahogany sauce , but i have searched every where and can not buy grape jam , it use to be around but not any more has anyone ever tried it with another jam i have some plum jam wonder how that would be instead of grape,
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    vacuum packing

    thanks for the replies guys but it seems the food saver you guys are using over there are not available here , the food saver here is a different brand , i looked at a semi prof one yesterday in a butchers supply place but it is $400.00 nice unit though .
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    vacuum packing

    G,day just like to know if any one has used or got the machine called .............. " seal and pack " just like to know if they are anygood better or worse than the one called sunbeam food saver.link to them one aussie ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-FOOD-SAVE...QQcmdZViewItem
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    Ever cook for anyone famous?

    russell crowe , quite a few football players , and a few politicians
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    Harvest is done!!!

    this turd still has 2 centre pivots of barley to plant ,got 4 done and some dry land , running late ground is still a bit sticky and still spreading feedlot turds on the paddocks . its winter here been planting oats too. when the last of the barley goes in we have a break from planting for a...
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    freezer find

    to continue , the pork went in about 8 am , i kept the old weber a bit hotter than i normaly do ( around 280 - 300 mark in the lid ) anyway the meat reached 194 internal at 5.30 pm and i took it out and wraped it in foil and a towel ,put it in the esky ( cooler ) and left it overnight ...
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    freezer find

    i have never used hickory but i am told pecan is very close to hickory.
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