Monthly Archives: January 2007

Beef+Kangaroo jerky

Posted on January 30, 2007 by mikepitt23

Well its recipe time again.Managed to get hold of some fillet of beef and kangaroo loin from work[the joy of being head chef] so ive just made my first jerky and it is drying as i type.I tried some of … Continue reading →

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drying soup

Posted on January 29, 2007 by mikepitt23

well this is for whitespider,i do requests now. First off make your soup,check any recipe book. i had the luxury of making the soup at work,but you need to blend it.once blended place the soup onto the tray designed for … Continue reading →

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food again

Posted on January 29, 2007 by mikepitt23

Well the parsnip soup is now dry and 1.5 litres dried down to 250g.finished it off i the food blender,so now have a nice fine powder. i am thinking of making some beef jerky and kangaroo jerky this week as … Continue reading →

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GR5 photos

Posted on January 28, 2007 by mikepitt23

Well finally my friend Rob in New Zealandhas sent me the first pictures of our walk from st Gingolph to Nice along the GR5.The first set of pictures are from the start on Lac Geneva to La Houchees in the … Continue reading →

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This week

Posted on January 27, 2007 by mikepitt23

Well this week has been busy with work so not much going on.I mananaged to finish off drying the lamb and chickpea stew.Made just under 1 kg and got a dry weight of 250g.At the moment i have 1.5 litres … Continue reading →

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even more drying

Posted on January 22, 2007 by mikepitt23

so decided today at work to bring home some of the ingredients for a lamb and chickpea stew and some mangos which were bit discoloured,but ok for a leather,the perks of being a chef.made about a kilo of stew and … Continue reading →

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more drying

Posted on January 21, 2007 by mikepitt23

well ive got a pear fruit leather,sliced mango,sliced banana drying today and during the week i dried a portion of butternut squash soup which was very successful. hopefully ill have some photos from my GR5 walk  soon to post up. thats … Continue reading →

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not much happened today

Posted on January 15, 2007 by mikepitt23

well not much to report except my books from above and beyond arrived walking in romania which looks amazing and hope to get out there this year walking the cathar way which looks like a fairly easy walk but with … Continue reading →

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finally up and running

Posted on January 14, 2007 by mikepitt23

Well i have final got my act together and started a blog. today i made my first loaf of wholemeal bread,i know iam a chef but we dont often make bread so lets hope it works also last night i … Continue reading →

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