Head boiling pot
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I use the compost bin. Takes a bit longer mind.
Skip boiling now, skin out then pressure wash
Same end result?
nun_hunter
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Macerate the heads in a plastic bucket of water down the garden out of reach of the dog and any other critters who would like a chew.
Leave it in the bucket for a few weeks, less in the summer then hose it off. Super clean, no brittle or damaged bones, no gristly bits left on and pretty much zero effort.
Leave it in the bucket for a few weeks, less in the summer then hose it off. Super clean, no brittle or damaged bones, no gristly bits left on and pretty much zero effort.
Do you change the water at all during the time spent in the bucket?
FISH BOY
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Did this a few years ago with a roe buck in the summer - should come with a health warning
The smell, the flies, it was absolutely rancid - used a stick in the end to drain the bucket followed by the hose standing 10ft away. Oh and it attracted every fox in the neighbourhood making a racket every night and to use my garden as a communial toilet. Never again.Burco or large cooking pot over heat is the answer - quick and easy followed by a pressure wash.
I tried that but the water kept running out the holes
You did better than me, then. My compost bin didn't survive having a fire lit under it to boil the water.........I tried that but the water kept running out the holes
How much beetroot wine have you had?
Finished that. It's apricot wine tonight, similar vintage. Found a bit of a hoard in the shed. It was pretty much undrinkable when we made it, so shoved it away and forgot about it. A quarter of a century later and its really rather good!How much beetroot wine have you had?
deerstalker.308
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I do this but boil on and off as well, makes the meat fall off so much easier,
45 mins boil then wash, 20 mins boil then wash usually job done .
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A word of warning that with my Burco I had to lag it to keep a rolling boil with the lid off in the winter months - summer ok but it really did struggle in the Autumn/Winter so I added a couple of layers of hot water tank lagging and covered that with aluminium tape and have had no problems since.
Len the dog
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nun_hunter
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I didn't, but I've heard other day you should. I just put an old animal feed bag over the top (bin bag would work) which kept the smell down and stopped flies.
It's definitely the easiest way if you have the space. It's even faster if you want to put it in a bucket with a tropical fish tank heater and keep it at 30⁰
As you're not cooking the skull at all the bones don't become brittle, fat isn't forced into the bone so no need to then use borax or anything to stop it leaching back out and there is pretty much zero smell once it's dried out.
99p for a bucket and zero time spent monitoring it Vs buying a metal pot and burner or a Burco and a better skull at the end of it. Personally the smell of a cooking head I find worse than leaving it in a bucket at the bottom of the garden.
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