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Hi Royce,
Remind me never to through my swag down if I am in your area. Just as long as your dogs are alright. Spoke to our local vet about snake bites with dogs. In the last month, they have had over 10 dogs in with snake bites and only 1 survived.


Cheers Stephen

Royce, you are hard on the wild life of the area there. No wonder you call your web site www.funshow.com.au. LOL

We just had to try to relocate a big mob of kangaroos out of a 40 acre crop paddock late yesterday. Close on two per acre. Thing is I guess they were back there today. The GPS had snaking marks all over the screen from the chasing at speed. At least no snake bites

You could slice them and put them on the pizzas.

Royce,

We're currently away in Qld and arranged for the old man to look after the dog.

Got a phone call the other night - dog taken to vet's and staying the night - awaiting results of blood/urine tests for snake bite.

The old man was visiting and feeding dog - had a quick game of fetch with dog - instead of bringing toy back the dog brought back a copperhead!!!

Appeared dead when the dog dropped it at the old man's feet - so a couple of whacks 'to be sure' and then dog to vet's...all turned out ok - dog wasn't bitten and is at home happy now.

Looks like it may be a good (or bad) snake season down this way - with the earlier rain and now warmer weather looks like the food sources may have bred and now the snakes are breeding and on the move.

We live in town too!




Tim - Stratford, Vic.

So the pizza oven isn't worth a mention then, Royce ?
Or did I miss something?
My offer still stands - even unto a Vikweigan Reptile Assassin.

(Such is the bond that emanates from and strengthens the Wood Fired Oven Community....).

Mate, I've just about finished kneading the "Tipo 00" flour dough, in preparation for pizzas tomorrow night..........YUUMMM!
The next day we may bake bread, perhaps a roast. The day after, hmm. A broth, of turkey hindquarter bones and other scraps from the Silly Season. Then, on the fourth day, smoked fish.... enough!

Royce, I hope that your oven is all that you desire.
If not, google the site I offered:
"fornobravo" .
Excuse me, but I must knock down the dough for tomorrow's tucker: thin-crust pizza - like we country bumkins can all make, eh.

Yep. I'm back. 'Tipo 00' flour is as sensous and delicate as ever. Shall post an image of both the machine and the fodder it spawns. ( That would be maybe Sunday, yes?)
By request only.
Hahaha,
Royalties to Gramps:( as in 'Dinner for One').

"Same as last post, Madam?"

"Yes Jeff. Same as last post, Jeff"
Hic.!, "Slorry"
Jess.( shh!! I'm his Dog. I write most of his stuff - tru . so shhh---)
ps.
I meant no harm by this post.
After all, it is the tail end of the Silly Season, and those who care, or would care to care for wood fired ovens

All this talk about snakes is making me nervous ............ I HATE snakes.

Son had a big red belly black have a couple of swipe at him the other day (man can he run LOL). Neighbour let me know she spotted a brown and large red belly black in her front garden a week ago.

Not looking forward to doing my gardens :( may have to run that fine birds mesh around the garden edge like my aunt does stops them as they get tangled up in the mesh. She gets heaps of tiger snakes.

Garden can wait maybe next week.

Brian

Onya Royce; so pleased it performed well. Apparently each oven bears a signature (or so I'm led to believe).
Cracks? Hell yes. The heat gradient would make them mandatory, wouldn't it? Our major crack is from the flue to the top of the arch at entrance. Strewth, hardly surprising.

Snake Pizza eh. Now there's a twist.(Hmm). I'm not quite sure how you'd pre-treat the meat (if at all). Got any E Asian associates that you'd care to share a meal with?

Mate, all the best with your oven, and may your next one be equal to the"Iicing on the cake".
And do yourself a favour, (if you care, that is) - google fornobravo. You'll be amazed, dead set.
Jeff H.

Royce,
For the life of me, I can't locate your original post re WFO. I seem to remember more of a bread-oven design, as in rectangular floor, rather than circular, with two courses, (nicely laid, from memory) - and I can't recall your insulating layers.
If you wouldn't mind sending either the original post No. or, better still, an image or two of The Furnace on the eve of The Baptism, that would be great.
Meanwhile I'll do another search.
Thanks eh,
Jeff.

Royce,
While I'm pleased that you cooked good tucker in your construction, it bears as much resembelance to a pizza oven as our
Humble Hutchi does to the Taj Mahal.
(and I refer to Thread 64665, perhaps).
My Friend, I had the good fortune to be directed to Fornobravo by our local ruff-as-gutz brickworks.

To be brief, we have 200mm of passive insulation, (old roofing iron, vermiculite, and reflective sheet., covered by 100mm of vermiculite cement. Then 250x250x50 clay pavers, laid on a sand base.
And that is just the base!!!

So please let us not kid EO folk in to believeing that one can build a genuine pizza oven for nought. Might as well hollow out a termite mound, I guess.

Onya mate.
As a retired teacher of Science, I can wish you nought but well in your crusade.
Just stay true eh. ('n tellus how Eastern Brown differs from Red Belly when laid in a Pizza.)
I reckon the toads have wiped out most of 'em around here, so we may have to import the snake meat from you flamin' Mexicans! Strewth, the shame of it!!
Stay safe eh.
Jeff H.

Crikey Royce, now there's a challenge!
Mate, I've got a turkey leg to come out in 30 mins. Been in for 4 hours at 150C (after a short hit @ 250 to brown the skin, otherwise using retained heat from pizza night on Saturday).

If I can'tfigure out how to post through EO, I'll try to post you direct.
Best I attend to the evening fodder.
'Till later eh.
Jeff.

Royce the flamin' dog got the rest - Mongrel.Feathers throughout the house, I could tell you!
(Do you think maybe I should feed her occassionally? I dunno, eh.)
Still, the scrap she allowed us made for good tucker, so all good.
I think she's letting the Missus sleep in our bed with her tonight - must be the full tummy, that she exhibits such kindness.

OK, enough of that. Let's try for an image or three (if I can drag 'em out of the ether, that is.)

Sorry Royce, the Ludite in me shines yet again. I don't know how to shrink to the requisite 800 thingos, nor am I able to load multiple images.
But, undeterred, a way SHALL be found, before I make my way outside to the dog bed.

JH.