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Healing power of music By KYLIE WILSON
IN THE KEY OF LIFE:
Mel Yeates is a familiar face for her fundraising busking in the alpine area. PHOTO: Justin Jenvey
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MUSIC can entertain, it can evoke memories, and it can heal. For Mel Yeates, who divides her time between Bright and Mt Hotham, it is a way of life and a tool to raise much needed funds for awareness and research into mental health and cancer. Mel has become a familiar sight busking for charity around the Alpine Shire, making full use of her musical talents traced back to the recorder in primary school, learning piano for her HSC, and mastering the guitar. Over the years, struggles that she and her loved ones have faced have inspired her to become a committed fundraiser, through busking and organising events, for Beyond Blue and Love Your Sister. These efforts are set to culminate in her setting off on a trip fundraising around Australia later this year. For Mel, raising money for these causes is personal. She struggled with depression in year nine after two of her friends were killed in a freak accident while taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh hike. “I was absolutely devastated that two of my friends had died, and that another was injured,” she said. “Attending one funeral was pretty upsetting, but attending two on the one day was absolutely heartbreaking. “After that, I became really withdrawn, lost all my motivation to do anything, and also became really short tempered - even the smallest thing would make me mad or upset.” Mel had a hard time talking about her feelings, even with counsellors, and dealt with friends contemplating suicide. Two years ago a close family friend took their own life. continued page |
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CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENTS: Annette Filipek and Garry Meulernan in the garden they have created together in Wangaratta. PHOTO: Kylie Wilson
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What’s in your garden: The plants we chose are just hardy plants that don’t need a lot of water or maintenance, including a port wine magnolia and conifers. What do you enjoy about gardening: The end result. Favourite plant/spot in your garden: We don’t have any real favourites.
Water saving/ conservation tip: We water only very occasionally and choose water wise plants. Your tips to keep gardens in top shape: Fertilise and prune regularly.
CALLING ALL GREEN THUMBS... Do you live in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Alpine or Indigo Shires and want to showcase your garden on this page? Call Kylie Wilson on (03) 5723 0135 or email kwilson@ nemedia.com.au to find out more.
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Cutlery can be repurposed into wind chimes and hanging mobiles or used as plant labels in the garden. Crockery can be broken and used to create colourful mosaics on plant pots or table tops. Even an old toilet bowl can be covered in mosaic to create an interesting planter. Old furniture can be used to grow plants. Drawers in an old dressing table can be opened and filled with potting mix and planted with tumbling succulents, herbs or colourful annuals. The seat of an old chair can be turned into a planting box. Decorate a wall with a unique painted mural or add space by installing a mirror or individual mirrored pieces. Create a vertical planter from a wooden pallet to hang on a wall and fill it with trailing plants. Get your artistic juices flowing and get creative in your garden. Happy gardening.
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GARDENS are a place of relaxation and enjoyment. They are also a place of beauty, individuality and creativity. From the minimalistic trend a few years ago, gardens are again becoming an important living space filled with brightness and plant life. Artistic elements add interest and character to a garden and need not cost a lot of money. They can easily be created from recycled and repurposed bits and pieces. Op shops, recycle shops and garage sales are a great place to find these gems. Rusted metal pieces like wire, old garden and workshop tools, bits of machinery, can be used as decorative pieces. They can be turned into sculptures or hung on the side walls of sheds or fences. Old corrugated iron can be cut to create silhouettes of animals and placed around the garden or positioned on a lawn area. It can be used as dividers or fencing or decorative panels. Gates and old beds can be reused as partitions or turned into seating with the addition of a few pieces of recycled timber. Old kitchen items like pots, containers, tins, saucepans, kettles, colanders, cups and saucers make interesting planters filled with succulents or flowering annuals.
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Lusty bunnies THE reproductive prowess of rabbits is well known; the phrase “breeding like rabbits” certainly rings true. A big consideration for rabbit owners, naturally, is ensuring that their bunny does not become an unexpected parent. There are a few methods of preventing pet rabbits from breeding, all with pros and cons to consider. Rabbits are sociable animals, so it’s important that pet rabbits have friends. Buying a same-sex pair should avoid problems, surely? Well, no… firstly, it’s difficult to accurately determine the gender of young rabbits and you may not find out that Harry is actually Harriet until it’s too late. Secondly, same-sex rabbits tend to fight, even if they’re a girl-girl pair. An alternative to getting a bunny friend for your rabbit is a
companion guinea pig – guinea pigs and rabbits often get along well together and there’s no risk of offspring. However, they may fight, have different dietary requirements and rabbits can carry a disease which is fatal to guinea pigs, so it’s far from a perfect match. The gold standard of care is to have your rabbit desexed, whether male or female. Firstly, it ensures that your rabbit will be unable to reproduce. Another benefit is that desexing often reduces negative behaviours such as fighting, biting and inappropriate urination. The greatest reason to have your rabbits desexed are the health benefits, particularly for female rabbits. Rabbits are very prone to cancer of the uterus, with approximately 70-80 per cent of female rabbits over the age of five suffering from the disease.
PETS CORNER THIS week’s pet of the week at the Wangaratta RSPCA is Daffy, an eight week old, male domestic shorthair kitten who is white and black in colour. Daffy is among a number of kittens currently at Wangaratta RSPCA who are looking for a forever home. To see more animals up for adoption at the Wangaratta RSPCA, visit the shelter in Connell Street or phone (03) 5722 2874.
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Desexing your rabbit can literally add years (yes, years) to its lifespan. So be sure to plan some friends and birth control for your pet rabbit. And if you’re thinking of buying a bunny remember to check re-homing shelters such as the RSPCA; they often have rabbits available, already vaccinated and desexed, taking a lot of the hard work out for you. Liz Jones, Wangaratta Veterinary Clinic
ALPINE LIFE: Mel Yeates loves living in the alpine region of North East Victoria.
“I had no idea he ever felt so unhappy…so many questions and doubts fill your mind,” said Mel. “I chose beyondblue as one of my charities in the hopes that they can prevent depression and anxiety in other people.” Cancer research fundraising has also become important to Mel through the cancer struggles of family and friends, including a cousin who has twice battled leukaemia. “Several other family members and friends have had cancer, and not all of them won their fight,” she said. Mel said Love Your Sister’s Sam Johnson, who founded the organisation alongside his sister Connie, who has terminal breast cancer, has been very encouraging of her efforts. “His personal story really touched my heart, and he’s a great inspiration,” she said.
1 Her tireless fundraising efforts are set to continue, with a movie night fundraiser planned for Cloud9 cinema in Bright on July 12, and more events in the works, including a Love Your Sister event at Mt Hotham this winter. “Throughout winter I will be playing as many gigs as I can at local bars and pubs at Mt Hotham and Dinner Plain, and any money I get paid plus all donations will go to these two charities,” said Mel. Currently saving her pennies for her fundraising trip, she is looking forward to “take a year off work, buy a car, pack only my necessities and travel around Australia, busking from town to town”. “I haven’t planned my trip around Australia yet, but I’m hoping to go to as many towns as I can, and to hopefully make it 12 months.” Her busking has helped raise $2000, and the support and encouragement is very rewarding. “Whenever someone takes the time to stop, donate and talk to me about their own stories, it makes me feel like I’m doing a good thing, and it’s these stories and words of encouragement that helps me get up the courage to go out and busk,” said Mel. “I’ve been blown away by the generosity of people.” More information on beyondblue is available on: www.beyondblue.org.au, and more on Love Your Sister is available on: www.loveyoursister.org. For more information on Ms Yeates and her fundraising efforts, see www.facebook.com/gcgmy or www.gofundme/gcgmy. People experiencing personal difficulties can contact crisis lines such as Lifeline on 131 114.
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may 25 - 31 | 2016
CATCH OF THE WEEK
FISHING FOCUS
Name:
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Catch:
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Bait:
Cheese
Location: REWARD FOR EFFORT: Here is one of the many small trout that I caught on the weekend. While most of the fish I caught were on worms, this one was caught on an unweighted witchetty grub of all things.
Delight as trout on the bite THE trout are going nuts at the moment. The streams have come to life since the rain a couple of weeks back. I have been out exploring and finding a few different creeks to fish, many of which have trout in them. I never name exactly which small creeks I am fishing - firstly because they are too small and cannot sustain too much angling pressure, secondly many of these creeks run through private land where I have permission to fish and do not want to steer people towards private land, and thirdly…if you use your own nous you will become a better fisherman by learning through trial and error. So duck into the tackle shops,
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grab a packet of size 10 hooks and some split shot sinkers and fill your Hyundai up with fuel…now is a great time to do some piscatorial reconnaissance. I do like to mention the larger waterways when they are fishing well, and at the moment the Mitta Mitta River is going berserk. Everybody I talk to seems to be catching trout in the Mitta Mitta around Eskdale and Mitta Mitta township, with most using bladed spinners.
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Meanwhile, Lake Mulwala is ticking over slowly for the diehard Murray cod anglers putting in the hours. They are being rewarded for their perseverance and persistence. Trout season closes in the streams in a few weeks (Queen’s Birthday weekend), so now is the time to make hay while the autumn sun still shines. I will be going on “winter leave” from this very column from Queen’s Birthday weekend until the trout season opens back up in September. But, in exciting news…this week I launched a new website which I will be updating with my fishing adventures as I head out. Not limited to a certain amount of words and photos…it’s open slather for me. Check it out at www. robbiefishing.com.
Peter (pictured at right) was with his friend Darryl Martin (left) when he caught this fish in the Ovens River.
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Say hello to a different culture in your own backyard Is there a world without borders? Can you bring the world home, without an air ticket? Thor Heyerdahl once said: “Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.” The famous Norwegian adventurerethnographer famously embarked on his 8,000km Kon-Tiki expedition on a hand-built raft. It showed that ancient people could have crossed vast distances and created contact in faraway settlements between themselves. When it comes to bridging cultures, Southern Cross Cultural Exchange
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believes “the whole family, not just the individual, stands to gain” from the action of one youth living half a world away. The award-winning SCCE organisation has been at the vanguard of international student exchange, linking highly curious and adaptable high schools students to their counterparts living in a different culture. Come July, Norwegian and other Scandinavian exchange students from Thor Heyerdahl’s home country will be keen to experience high school life in Australia, and discovering for themselves more about Australian culture. They will attend school and live with local host families.
Besides Norwegians - Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, German, Italian, Spanish and French high schools students aged between 15 and 17 will be joining their volunteer host Australian families and exchange notes about their different educational systems and lifestyles. Southern Cross Cultural Exchange takes care of their school enrolment and other arrangements. It encourages local families of all shapes and sizes who are available to do so to take up an invitation to link up their families to another that is halfway around the world, through selecting a student to host according to their family’s availability.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG)
Types of cough
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COUGHS are one of the most common symptoms that walk through our naturopathic door. The first thing a naturopath will do is determine the type of cough and hopefully the cause. Is the cough spasmodic and worse for stress? Is there a sensation of something stuck in the throat like a dry tickle? Does it come on after eating a certain food like dairy? Is it debilitating and lasting long after the initial infection has cleared up? Does the person get a flush of heat or cold with the cough or does it make them lose their appetite? When you have a cough rest is important. With sleep disturbances due to the hacking cough, getting enough rest is a big problem. This is time to cut your schedule back to the bare minimum. Use warming spices such as aniseed and cinnamon in your hot drinks and food. Cook with plenty of onion and garlic and remember to increase the amount of orange vegetables in your diet. It is a good idea to skip the flour and dairy
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UNPLEASANT: The type of cough you have will often give you a clue as to the cause. while you have a lot of phlegm. Steam inhalations can soothe the spasmy cough as well as deliver some antiinfective constituents to the lungs. Add one or two drops of cypress, eucalyptus or tee tree essential oil to a bowl of hot water and breathe in slowly, covering your head and bowl with a towel to trap the steam. As it can be difficult to move the mucus out of the lungs onion cough syrup makes a simple home remedy to help thin the phlegm and make it easier to expel.
A qualified herbalist might treat with the following categories of herbs: Immune support include: echinacea, astragalus, olive leaf, wild indigo, thyme. Respiratory antispasmodics include: sundew, mullein and elecampane. Soothing demulcent herbs include: licorice (not the confectionary kind) and marshmallow. For nighttime relief wild cherry is a natural cough suppressant. Generally a suppressant is only used to help someone get some sleep.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Gorge Road Opens, 1926 TO open up the rugged beauty of the hills behind the old powder magazine, a winding road was carved out by workmen around the gorge. On May 26,1926, rain marred what would otherwise have been a triumphal opening of the road, but the ribbon was cut by a Mrs Diffey.
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ANYONE with a fruit tree understands the feast or famine phenomenon, where no matter how hard you try, you’re bound to end up with too much or nothing at all. Sharing the bounty when you’re overloaded is all part of the fun, but so is receiving the more unusual fruits of someone else’s labours. I found myself pondering over a bag of quinces the other day and wondering, like I do with artichokes, how long it took the first peoples to figure out how to make these weird things edible. Luckily my bag of lumpy, fur covered rocks was pretty simply transformed into a tub of fragrant, pink and fleshy fruit. There was something about that perfume that was reminiscent of a glass of Chrismont Wines La Zona Pinot Grigio. It’s one of my favourite varieties and this example by Chrismont, made from fruit
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Home Care Team Leader 38 hours per week (1EFT) Applications close 27th May 2016 Responsible for the coordination of HACC services and establishing service direction based around the principles of client directed service, client rights, and excellent customer service. The Team Leader will perform the critical task of design and implementation of the new service and work constructively to establish Alpine@Home services in line with the Federal Governments aged care reform agenda.
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My gold watch is on hold AN article I read in my CPA journal indicates that in addition to the employment of young people, Australian businesses must engage and employ an ageing population in order to offset a decline in labour participation, a skills shortage and to boost economic and income growth. There is no doubt there will be teething problems, but it would appear the senior citizen can bring a balanced and reflective approach to the e-commerce company’s thinking. They may not be an expert in computer sciences, but they will certainly be able to solve a problem or two. “They’ve forecast the future,� says Victorian-based certified financial planner Alf Priestley, passionate about the energised role a matureage worker can fill in the modern workplace. As the global business landscape continues to evolve, Mr Priestley expects older people to take advantage – a development he calls
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kenclarke11@bigpond.com refirement-the-new retirement. “Older workers have already made the discovery through past experience that change is just a part of life,� he says. Not surprisingly they will bring a different energy to the workplace, as they will not be looking for promotion, possibly they will be calmer and focused and purposeful. They will also often be more effective at translating new business directions into meaningful actions. Advice coming to the fore is that over the next 10 years a decreasing number of young people will enter
the workforce and an increasing number of older workers will stay in, or return to work, according to the Australian Government’s 2015 Intergenerational Report. This report indicates the number of Australians aged 70 years and over is expected to triple over the next 40 years, hitting almost seven million people by 2055. In 2014-2015 workforce participation by people over 65 was 12.9 per cent, but in 2054-2055 this is projected to be 17.3 per cent. Significant policy reform in areas such as health, social welfare and importantly retirement income, together with workplace and labour market policies will be required to cope with the change of pace. Over their working lifetime many older people will have accumulated a wealth of business knowledge and a wide range of skills. Most will be capable of offering a different operational perspective and I guess mature aged workers
can improve processes and provide mentoring and training to less experienced employees. Studies have revealed that contrary to popular belief, older workers are productive, present for work more regularly, are more engaged in their job and are less likely to be distracted by social media and new technologies. “Older workers often hold key business relationships that are pivotal in organisations,� says Mr Priestley. Despite the benefits of matureage workers, many employers and hiring agencies continue to discriminate on the basis of age, classifying workers as ‘OLD’ before they reach their fifties. And women in their 40s are investing their nest eggs in cosmetic surgery procedures to boost their chances of employment. The future challenge is creating sound public policy, collaboration between public and private sectors
and inspirational leaders who embrace diversity and encourage workplace flexibility. Human resource departments may need to look at their policies to keep pace with an ageing workforce. Employers today are being offered a range of incentives to hire mature-age workers. The Federal Department of Employment specifically provides the Restart Wage Subsidy, offering up to $10,000 for employers who employ and retain eligible job seekers aged 50 years and over. But unfortunately, while the government hoped for more than 30,000 participants, fewer than 3000 have reportedly taken up the offer. Therefore my advice to those mature-age workers who think they still have something to offer don’t be put off by rejection. Even advertise your services and you will be surprised at the enquiries you will get.
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WITH an extensive background in butchery, as well as an enthusiasm for making his own food, Brent Ibrom from My Slice of Life is ready to help salami and smallgood enthusiasts of all backgrounds and experience levels. This is the second year his business has been supplying ingredients and equipment to the public, and Mr Ibrom said that it is a part of his business that has grown in leaps and bounds, with his range doubling since last year. The extensive range of products includes natural and fibrous salami casings, pancetta wraps, spices and salts, recipe and reference books of all types, meat mincers and slicers, knives, sausage seasonings and casings, and much more. Mr Ibrom said that he and his staff are also happy to share advice or tips on salami and smallgood making with their customers. He added that he is a keen home salami maker SALAMI ENTHUSIAST: Brent Ibrom from My Slice of Life with some of his range of salami making products and equipment.
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of many years’ standing himself, regularly arranging salami making sessions with a group of friends on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. “It’s about the end product, but a huge part of it is catching up with mates and spending time with your family,” he said. He said he always got into lively debates with his friends over new versus traditional methods, use of spices and seasonings, and more, adding that there was always a friendly rivalry about the final product. “And you can get as simple or as complicated as you wish,” he said. Mr Ibrom invites customers to take advantage of his online ordering or physical order form system to ensure that the products they need are available in time for their planned salami making. More information is available on mysliceoflife. com.au or by heading into the shop at 99 Murphy Street, Wangaratta. Photo: Warren Rickard
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LONDRIGAN Plaza Meats, located in the Wangaratta Plaza Docker Street,continues to provide a range of products for locals looking to make their own salami this winter. Manager John Gibb said that many locals come back to the shop, to get their supplies, and often love to have a chat with staff about the salami making process and what it entails. Mr Gibb said that he has a range of
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salami ingredients available. These include both natural and fibrous casings – costing from 92 cents and 77 cents respectively, in an array of different sizes. There is also Australian made capsicum sauce by well known producers Attilio’s ($8.50 per 500gm jar) and Muraca ($9.50 per 530gm jar), and both brands have both mild and hot varieties.
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MANY of us enjoy it as a snack or on our sandwiches, pizzas or in European cooking, but the art of making salami goes back many hundreds of years – some believe possibly even as far back as biblical times. It was popular among peasants in southern Europe because of the length of time it could be stored for, and its usefulness at supplementing small or inconsistent supplies of fresh meat for those with limited incomes. Roman times saw much improvement in the preservation and processing of meat, and by the middle ages, preserved meats were seen as such high value that items like hams, shoulders and pancettas
were used as currency. Salami is cured sausage, made of fermented and/or air dried meat. Most typically, this meat is pork, but salami is known to have been made of beef, and even more exotic varieties such as turkey, venison, poultry, goose, as well as especially prepared kosher and halal varieties. The recipe typically also includes ingredients such as garlic, minced fat, salt, spices, herbs, vinegar and even wine. There is a long list of salami varieties; some relating to the region or country of origin, while others relate to the flavour or preservation method used.
Londrigan Plaza Meats also have pork mince for salami making at $7/kg trim also available, sourced from Murray Valley pork. Mr Gibb said that he and his team are more than happy to chat to new and experienced salami makers alike and share their experience and knowledge, or even make recipe suggestions. More information is available by contacting the shop on (03) 5722 1015.
TREAT: Salami is a popular food across the globe. Some varieties are even identified by how coarse or fine the chopped meat is that is used in the salami, or the style of the casing. The word salami, comes from the plural form of the original Italian word, salame, which means salted meat/s. To make salami, the maker mixes the ground meat with salt and seasoning, and sometimes bacterial starter culture and mixes vigorously. It is then stuffed into casings and left to cure until ready. To find out more about the different spices, advice on curing, and more, speak with your salami product supplier.
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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: Andrew Donald from Ducky’s Murdoch Road Butchery with some of the salami making supplies available at his business. SALAMI season in North East Victoria is getting bigger each year, with more and more people rolling up their sleeves and making their own, according to Andrew “Ducky” Donald of Ducky’s Murdoch Road Butchery in Wangaratta. “With some help from the experienced team at Ducky’s Murdoch Road Butchery, you and your friends can enjoy a great day making some
top quality salami,” he said. At Ducky’s they provide complete salami making kits that have all the premeasured ingredients you need to make various amounts of salami. “Ducky’s only use the best ingredients, many of which are locally sourced, including capsicum paste from LaSpina’s of Whorouly,” Mr Donald said. He added that natural and synthetic
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casings are available, depending on your level of experience. Ducky loves nothing more than hearing happy customers talking about their salami making days. “It’s great seeing people come back into the shop and tell us all about the fun they’ve had making salami,” he said. “Salami making should be a social day where family and friends get together and enjoy each other’s
company while doing something a bit different. “We make it easy by preparing and measuring everything so all they have to do is turn up and have a go.” At Ducky’s they can also provide whole pigs for the more experienced salami makers out there. “Drop into Ducky’s today and find out how easy we make salami making,” Mr Donald said.
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Masterclass at Gamze Smokehouse KEEN food lovers will be able to learn valuable skills this winter with Gamze Smokehouse’s popular smallgoods making and butchering masterclasses, beginning next month. The classes will take place on June 5 and 25, and July 3, 23 and 30 and are led by Felix and Brendan Gamze. Each class goes between 10am4pm and cost $300 for the day, which includes all ingredients, a knife and an apron to take home, lunch, 10kg of product and more. Mr Gamze said people participating in the class will learn basic butchering skills and how to make a range of smallgoods including salami on the day. Growing more popular each year, the classes feature limited places of 12 per class, so bookings are absolutely essential for anyone wishing to attend. Brendan Gamze said those wishing to make their own smallgoods at home were spoiled for choice at Gamze Smokehouse, with premium pork mince and trim available for purchase as a key ingredient. The mince and trim comes from pigs raised by our growers in Baddaginnie and Yea, that are traditional breed, true free range pigs. “They’re the best pigs you can get, and the same we use for our premium smallgoods,” he said. More information is available by calling Gamze Smokehouse on (03) 5722 4253, email enquiries@ gamzesmokehouse.com.au or see gamzesmokehouse.com.au.
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Extensive salami experience WHEN you’re seeking to make your own salami or other smallgoods, you can get plenty of service and advice from the respective teams at Finer Food Pantry and La Bella Rocca. The team at Finer Food Pantry can help supply everyone from those making small batches to real enthusiasts and large families making their traditional annual supply of salami. Finer Foods butcher Russell Harris said his shop has an array of items for the keen salami maker, including pork trim for salami, pork bellies for making pancetta, or even pork scotch for making capicola. He said the pork trim is 85 CL (chemically lean), making it an ideal choice for salami, and that quantities of up to 100kg are available. Mr Harris added that he and his staff are also happy to give salami and smallgood makers advice to get them started, or help them along the way with making their products. Finer Food Pantry work together with fresh food supplier La Bella Rocca to supply the public with all manner of salami making ingredients and supplies, including casings, capsicum sauce, spices and much more. La Bella Rocca stock fresh and natural sausage casings in a range of sizes, beef middles, sauces, machinery, knives, mincers, fillers and more. La Bella Rocca’s Domenic Bandera, who has been involved in salami making since childhood, is also happy to share his knowledge on the subject to help people of all skill levels make the best possible salami that they can make. Finer Food Pantry can be contacted on (03) 5722 3555, and La Bella Rocca can be contacted on (03) 5722 9517.
BUTCHERY EXPERIENCE: Patrick Mackrell and Josh Vonarx from Finer Food Pantry.
READY TO HELP: Sam, Dominic and Rosa Bandera and Joseph Cannata from La Bella Rocca are happy to help with salami making products and advice.
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Immersive Sicilian cooking experiences at Politini Wines
AROUND THE TABLE: Learn about authentic Italian food at Politini Wines. Cycle group, said “...salami making was completely demystified with the Politini recipe and made to feel so easy, making us realise that these long held Italian traditions are definitely worth learning and enjoying. “The most memorable part of the experience was the feeling that we were part of the family - the Politinis made us feel so very welcome, sitting down and enjoying dinner and telling stories, as we revelled in eating the best homemade cannoli ever.� Salvatore will get participants involved in this hands on demonstration using his traditional family recipe. This is an immersive experience where you will learn the full salami making
process from breaking down the pork leg to what herbs to add and the method of hanging. Participants will leave with the confidence to make their own salami at home. Following this they will join Nonna in creating a luscious meal to share with the Politini family. Together participants will create traditional pork and fennel salsicce from scratch, Nonna’s own pork polpette recipe, her creamy polenta and learn the art of making a rich Italian sugo to bring the entire meal together. To complete the menu Luis, family and Politini winemaker, has carefully selected a range of signature wines to match.
Salvatore will serenade the group with traditional Italian folk tunes on his piano accordion. Participants will finish the meal with none other than Australia’s best homemade dolce by Nonna. The classes are limited to 10 people per session; bookings are being taken for July 2, 9 and 16 and August 6, 2016. Tickets are $145pp via https://trybooking. com/LDGZ. Politinis also welcome private group bookings for weekday classes. Please contact bianca@politiniwines. com.au for more details. For more details please go to website www.politiniwines.com.au/estore.
Cook & Dine with Nonna Josie We invite you to the picturesque King Valley for an immersive and truly authentic day with the Politini Wines family! Cook alongside Nonna Josie and share your luscious meal, with matched wines, with friends and the family.
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IT’S time to ‘Cook & Dine with Nonna’ and immerse yourself in an authentic and traditional Sicilian cooking and dining experience in the King Valley. Classes are being hosted by Nonna Josie and Nonno Salvatore and family on July 2, 9, and 16 and August 6, 2016. Politini Wines’ ‘Cook & Dine with Nonna’ class encompasses an authentic and traditional Sicilian cooking and dining experience. Participants will cook alongside Josie learning her secret tips and tricks to create a beautiful meal to sit down and savour, plus learn the process of salami making in a hands on demonstration with Salvatore. Recent cooking class participants, A’qto
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FOR Robert Boschetti and his family, making the trip to his uncle Walter Sartori’s Whitfield home at the beginning of each winter to make salami is a cherished chance to reconnect with family. He makes the trip from the border each year to spend time with immediate family, uncles, cousins and more, making salami and simply spending time with each other. Mr Boschetti said that while he did not tend to join the gatherings when he was younger, he now has an appreciation for “the simple things in life”. He said that during the gatherings, typically held on the Queen’s Birthday weekend, up to 20 people can converge on Mr Sartori’s property, coming from Yarrawonga, Shepparton, and other parts of the North East.
And he added that when it comes to making the salami, his uncles Walter and Dario were very much in charge. “They’re both very much the maestros,” Mr Boschetti said, adding that when decisions needed to be made on taste, “it all comes down to Dario’s palate”. Mr Boschetti said that many members of the family gathered once again at the end of winter to distribute the finished salami, making it an ideal way to catch up with everyone. And as for his favourite way to eat the salami, he said, “I just eat mine with bread or crackers”. He added that the salami is made to his grandfather’s recipe, making it a tangible connection to the family’s immigrant past. “It’s a great celebration of immigration,” he said.
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