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matt

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    Antler
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  2. Nice one Magnet. Do you think insurance will go up on some canals like car insurance and post codes Matt.
  3. matt

    Draught

    Interesting post - thanks for that. Matt.
  4. matt

    Draught

    Doesn't this all depend on balast anyway? When I got a prop repaired last year the boatyard said I was sitting too low at the rear, so I took out enough bricks to raise the back 2" (which I still have to pick up from my old mooring). I could have done more had I wanted to, but it all feels right now. Matt.
  5. I think a lot of people are going to use large jerry cans and fill up at garages if we're forced to use white. My concern (having tried to fill the boat using one of these) is that it's very hard to pour it without getting some in the cut, even when I use a funnel I still splash - if filling up using a can becomes the norm it's going to get messy. Matt. Edit: it looks like MachineMart are doing spouts now for those cans, but my concern still holds as whenever I've seen diesel drifting past 9 times out of 10 it's someone filling up themselves.
  6. matt

    Pea and Ham Soup

    Soak a bag of split peas in water overnight, change water a couple of times. Soak a ham shank for an hour, change water a couple of times (unless you like salty). Put peas, shank, chopped carrots in to a pan of water, simmer for a couple of hours. Take shank out, strip meat off bone and put meat back in to soup. Best with hot buttered fresh rolls. Improves after being left to stand for a day. Matt.
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    Galley Slaves' Tips

    There is a blue callled Blacksticks Blue available in Sainsburys. I usually call in to Didsbury Cheese Hamlet in the week before Christmas and get a selection - since we notified all friends and relatives we've stopped doing presents a couple of years ago - my food budget has swollen - and there is no stress worrying about what to buy people - I can calmly go shopping for food instead. Matt.
  8. It probably goes without saying on here - but don't even bother trying to slow cook supermarket meat, it's all water and no fat - I doubt you'd get a shoulder from a supermarket anyway, it all goes to sausages. Find a good farm shop selling their own meat - especially rare breed meat - in my experience it's the same price as supermarket meat but has more fat which is more flavour. I can highly recommend Holly Tree Farm on the Knutsford junction of the M6 (J19?). You need to call first for roasting joints. Matt.
  9. 1) Slow cooked lamb shoulder. Get a good shoulder with fat on if possible, put in a roasting tin, with 3 cans of tomatoes poured round it, salt, pepper, bit of olive oil, and quarter a couple of onions (you don't need to peel). Put in the oven at breakfast time (pre-heated to maximum), then turn down to 100C when you put the meat in and eat for dinner. 2) Slow cooked pork shoulder Nice big fatty shoulder (Berkshire), score it, put it in on a rack in tray, pour boiling water over it to shrink the fat back, pour off the water, pat dry. Put in to a pre-heated to maximum, after 10 mins turn down to 90C, leave for 20h (after 30h it goes a bit dry on the edges). About half an hour before you take it out, turn to maximum to crisp it up, don't put salt on it until as late as possible. All the leftovers make superb curry. Matt (a slow cook meat fanatic)
  10. I believe it needs 4 hours - but you need to be sure your temperature is accurate. Matt (edited for spelling)
  11. matt

    Dirty tank

    Thanks for that. Yep, finally got back yesterday. It took me 2 hours to moor up as I had to rig up 5 chains - there is so little solid metal to attach to and nowhere to put a peg in so I've tried to spread the weight. If anyone comes past too fast you might see me drifting past you Matt.
  12. matt

    Dirty tank

    I've had a few fuel problems lately, which were fixed by bleeding but it got worse and worse until the engine stalled every couple of minutes. Kings Lock fixed the problem by blowing air back in to the tank, they said it could either be dirt (it was launched down a slipway in the summer after blacking) or could be organic growth in the tank. Is there any additive or other solution to stop any organic growth in the tank? Matt.
  13. Are there any diesel boats around Barbridge area? Matt.
  14. I took a car in for a service a few years ago, about 100 yds down the road from picking it up - I heard a Ping and the computer said "Fatal Engine Failure" so I drove slowly back to the garage and told the guy on the service desk, he stood with his mouth open for 2 minutes then got someone to look at it - it turns out they didn't reconnect a sensor. Similar thing happened on another car a few years later on the M56, PING, Suspension Failure, PING, ABS Brake Failure and another 3 I can't remember PING, PING, PING. We pulled over called the recovery service as it was in warranty and the guy said we can have someone out in an hour, I shouldn't really say this, but it's probably okay to drive as it happens all the time on these - that was another sensor issue. Matt.
  15. matt

    told-stools

    Apparently in France you can take them in to the local Chemist who will identify them for you (I think I saw that on Rick Stein). (almost back now btw, just getting a fuel leak fixed at Kings Lock). Matt.
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