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Jack McNulty's avatar

Additionally...if you want to make a traditional balsamic vinegar, then you will need 7 barrels of different wood and all progressively smaller...moving some of the vinegar from a larger to a smaller barrel annually until you reach barrel 7...then store somewhere for another 5 years before the first taste test....or you could just buy some!

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Ben Green's avatar

It's crazy, isn't it? I would love to make it, but I mean, seriously? :) Maybe I'll start with regular vinegar !

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Brett Bim's avatar

Did you shave the pigs or do they just naturally lose their winter coats?

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Ben Green's avatar

ahhh...excellent! No, they shed. Tony changes the most - his winter coat is like wire brushes and his summer one is super soft and cuddly. Marilyn stays almost the same, but shorter, and Brunhilda loses it all except for a pretty pronounced mohican, or rhodesian ridgeback-look all down her spine. Actually, this year they all have a bit of that going on. While they are transitioning, I sometimes get the girls mixed up!

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Jun 27, 2022
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Ben Green's avatar

Thank you. It's getting desperate. There is a thunderstorm due tonight, with 90% certainty. I gotta say, my weather head says it's not happening at the moment.

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Jun 28, 2022
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Ben Green's avatar

Not a drop. We've had extreme weather warnings in place for the last three days. Yesterday, they were going on about a potential 40mm. Nothing.

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