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H.o.a.S. – The “Hatchery-on-a-Shelf”

January 4, 2021 farcyde

Well, the last idea, the “DIY smart garden” didn’t really work out as planned very much, but I don’t want to discard the idea. So, now, in the middle of winter, in january cold and lightlessness I decided to try another approach. This time, it’s some kind of a hatchery for growing veggies from seeds, a kind of an incubation chamber. I re-used the growlight I had left from the smart garden project, and crammed everything into a shelf compartment in the shop. This time I also made a cover, so the blinding from the growlight is minimized.

Let’s see how it works out.

Dry Aging and Curing Chamber III – Version 2

After my paid work rudely and impolitely interrupted my spare time plans for a while 🙂 I got onwards with the dry aging chamber. Some electronic parts that were still missing finally arrived and I cased and laid the wiring. Not too much, but very fragmented detail work. I hope my basic knowledge of electronics doesn’t leave me completely here. It’s 99% finished now and certainly ready for use. I can’t wait to put it into operation.

December 30, 2020 farcyde

They had some wood bbq planks on sale at the hardware store, so of course I had to snatch at the offer. I want to make some flame grilled salmon finnish style (“Loimulohi“) and I’m not willing to spend money on an overpriced plank-holding-contraption. So I had to come up with my own and this here is my shameless copy:

Drywall Ceiling Makeover

December 26, 2020 farcyde

A house owner’s work is never done. After having to drill several holes into the bathroom ceiling in order to find a broken halogen lamp transformer, we decided to do a little makeover instead of renewing the whole ceiling part.

In fact, it wasn’t that hard and complicated, and if you have closely watched a professional drywall builder doing his work once, you can do such a smaller touch up on yourself too. However, you will most likely not achieve a professional’s results either. But I didn’t care.

December 23, 2020 farcyde

The second undefinable and presumably several centuries old axe head that we dug up from the garden debris in the northern germany refuge last year is finally refurbished.

Two nights in the anti rust bubblebath, cleaned and sanded as much as necessary and sharpened sufficiently. Gave it a new handle and that’s it: New tool.

AC/DC Symbolism

December 11, 2020 farcyde

Got myself a (fairly simple) multimeter for the northern germany refuge lately.

I wonder if I will eventually arrive at a point in my life when I’ve memorized these two simple symbols without having to look them up. Every. Single. Time. 🙂

Edit: Here’s a good explanation on how multimeters work (german language – sorry).

Dry Aging and Curing Chamber II – Next Steps and Information

December 6, 2020 farcyde

Some progress on the dry aging chamber. Holes for the ventilation are cut and cable feed-through is inserted, the inside part of the LED-lighting is installed. I even found an old BBQ grate that I cut to size and that I hope I can restore enough to use it in the fridge.

I have also finally put into writing some ponderings, knowledge-gathering and conclusions on what I want to achieve:

December 5, 2020 farcyde

We’ve got a very good steak restaurant here in the area and they display their dry aged meat right in their entrance hall (see above). Well, so they do know how to make you hungry, but to me this is also a subtle hint to plan a new project… 🙂

So after some reading and information gathering (just about a year or so…) I got myself an old fridge from ebay classifieds – and slowly but surely I’m losing trust in my fellow earthlings. The guy sold me shit, it worked for 5 minutes then broke down and I had to rewire the electrics.

December 4, 2020 farcyde

I am in the northern germany refuge right now (which I appreciate so very much!) and to my astonishment I realized that I don’t have a cold smoke generator up here… what a shame. So I made one from the materials I had lying around here and it seems to work just fine. I’m planning on smoking some salmon the next days (which somebody promised me to deliver), and I hope it’ll meet my requirements. Here’s the summary.

November 26, 2020 farcyde

I read about this in my doctor’s waiting room in – I shit you not – a women’s magazine. Mediterranean/French style easy homemade butter! They adressed several different seasonings and further uses in the article, but the basic procedure is always the same. All you need is a food processor and half a liter of heavy cream (get the real enchilada: 30% fat). After having my TBE shot, I knew what I had to do…

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H.o.a.S. – The “Hatchery-on-a-Shelf”

Dry Aging and Curing Chamber III – Version 2

Holders for Flame Grilled Salmon

Drywall Ceiling Makeover

Second Axe Makeover

AC/DC Symbolism

Dry Aging and Curing Chamber II – Next Steps and Information

Dry Aging and Curing Chamber I – the Beginning

A New Cold Smoke Generator

Homemade Butter: How To

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