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saxboy
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I live in Serbia, and we have very good brandys, especially slivovitz, but I like anise and fennel taste beverages like Uzo, Mastika and Absinthe, and I decide to make my own. I made still from wife's pressure cooker :D and start playing.
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Welcome Saxboy, this forum has a wealth or written knowledge and mentors to guide when your read something you are havi g trouble understanding.
I am a looking forward to hearing how your adventure with slivovitz.
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Welcome to HD!
Pressure cookers aren't the preferred pot to use, but in your neck of the woods you may have to improvise some ..Just read up on safety and stay away from any synthetics!
Continue to read all of Parent site along with all required reading here.
Good luck to you! :)
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Thanks, I see. I have been on forum since couple months and I reading lot of topics.
Here, slivovitz is ordinary drink. Basically, it is plum (plum is sliva on serbian) brandy (twice distilled). In the countryside, each second house have own orchard and still pot and unique recipe. We have varieties of plums with a high sugar content (and up to 18%) with a lot of unique, recognizable flavor and aromas, and when they are well done its very good beverage.
Sorry for mistakes in my english.
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MoonBreath wrote:Welcome to HD!
Pressure cookers aren't the preferred pot to use, but in your neck of the woods you may have to improvise some ..Just read up on safety and stay away from any synthetics!
Continue to read all of Parent site along with all required reading here.
Good luck to you! :)
Thanks for advice.
English is not my native language, so please explain to me what you mean with "synthetics".
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Wow, I'd love to taste some of that ..And a still in almost every house! With every family having their own recipes ..And their own orchard! ...Utopia. :clap:

Synthetics is anything rubber or rubber-like.
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MoonBreath wrote:Wow, I'd love to taste some of that ..And a still in almost every house! With every family having their own recipes ..And their own orchard! ...Utopia. :clap:

Synthetics is anything rubber or rubber-like.
I wrote "in countryside". Most of people live in towns, so it is not quite as utopic, on the village are mostly old.
I have no plastic or similar, only stainless steel (Inox), copper and brass.
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