Thread: Rituals - what are yours?

@Sideshow I have a old commercial Wedderburn model, as about 8yrs ago we went to a Farm auction down here in the Southlands of a mob who had been supplying the Ski resorts with Farm to Plate cheeses & Salami etc & went bust .We wanted some stainless benches they had for doing home kills on the farm ,but when we got there they had a heap of older commercial Smokers, Dehydrators Vak Paks etc & they were going for scrap prices so the missus gave the nod to buy a full set up & that's how we got into making our own Salamis,Sausages etc .We scored heaps of smoking pellets ,Vac bags ,trays etc as other people did not want them .One of the few good buys l have ever lucked across.

About 2-3 yrs ago a mate brought a Vac Pack machine off one of the guys off here who sells them (l think Vac Pack or similar is user name ) & it has done a great job & they were very good to deal with .The best tip l can give for them is do not scrimp on the Pack material ,as you can see l trayed these as you slit the top & use the tray as a "cutting board" with the double layer of the pack laid on top ,comes in handy while glassing & eating off the ground or on a bait & fish covered chilly bin/bait cutter while fishing/diving & it all scrunches up to nothing to carry out. One of the few Kitchen gadgets l recommend .