Blokkene skal koge i mindst 10 timer. Mimmo får til denne proces hjælp af en timelønnet arbejder. Han starter med at hælde vand i karret, og så tænder han op med alt det bruyere som er blevet kasseret ved udskæringen. Det er nok det dyreste brænde man kan forestille sig, hvis man kigger på, hvad kiloprisen er for den bruyere, der sælges.
After you cut the “Briar burls” into blocks, you boil them in a big vessel with copper on the inside of the vessel. This is very important! Any other kind of metal will make the wood turn grey and make it useless. You must boil the blocks for at least 10 hours
You start by filling this tub with water, then making a fire underneath. For the fire you use all the left over briar so this fire wood is very expensive!!!
When the water is boiling you dump nets full of blocks in the tub. To know the difference between the good blocks and the ordinary blocks, Mimmo has a knot system. The number of knots says something about the quality and the size of the blocks, but he did not want to tell us his secret. Never mind, you can always rekognize the plateau blocks!
But you do have to store them in a cool place for one month, and in a little warmer place for five month depending on the season of the year. All this time you turn the nets around so the blocks don`t get mouldy. After this proces you do no longer have to worry about the blocks cracking.
De skårne blokke er lagt i net med forskelligt antal knuder på, så man efter kogningen stadig nemt kan seforskel på de gode blokke og de mindre gode. Antallet af knuderne siger både noget om kvalitet og størrelse, men træskæreren ville ikke ud med, hvad det helt nøjagtigt betyder. Det er så hans hemmelighed. Plateaublokkene behøver ikke snore med knuder. Dem kan man stadig skelne, fordi barken er bevaret.
Efter kogningen lagres blokkene køligt i en måned. Herefter kan de lagres lidt lunere i ca. 5 måneder alt efter, hvilken årstid det er. I hele perioden vendes sækkene med blokke, så de ikke mugner.Når blokkene er kogt og lagret på denne måde er faren for at de skal sprække ovre.
After you cut the “Briar burls” into blocks, you boil them in a big vessel with copper on the inside of the vessel. This is very important! Any other kind of metal will make the wood turn grey and make it useless. You must boil the blocks for at least 10 hours
You start by filling this tub with water, then making a fire underneath. For the fire you use all the left over briar so this fire wood is very expensive!!!
When the water is boiling you dump nets full of blocks in the tub. To know the difference between the good blocks and the ordinary blocks, Mimmo has a knot system. The number of knots says something about the quality and the size of the blocks, but he did not want to tell us his secret. Never mind, you can always rekognize the plateau blocks!
But you do have to store them in a cool place for one month, and in a little warmer place for five month depending on the season of the year. All this time you turn the nets around so the blocks don`t get mouldy. After this proces you do no longer have to worry about the blocks cracking.
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