Pastirma

Back in early August, I tried my hand at making pastirma, the Turkish dried meat. I dutifully took it down when it was sufficiently dried, stuck it in the refrigerator, and pretty much forgot about it. Tonight I finally remembered to take a photo, and I had a bunch for supper. It is delicious. I like the fenugreek flavour a lot – I’m sure it will be even better now that I know to soak the seeds before trying to grind them!

 

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Horse hair fishing net

I tried doing this years ago. I couldn’t find decent instructions. I did make myself some bobbin-type things to help, but it wasn’t a great success. These instructions, with much clearer guidance on how to add in hew hairs, make much more sense. Time for more experimentation! https://www.lostwitandwisdom.com/how-to-make-a-horse-hair-fish-line/

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