I have had to put up with my wife and kids making fun of my sausage making and pork curing for ages now...although they don't mind scoffing the results down.
They don't understand the excitement of the whole process and seem to get great joy out of my mothering the sausages as I make them and bag them softly into the vac bags.
I have started making bread again in the last month and am equally excited about this venture too, I have planted chillies and peppers, tomatoes and potatoes in large pots around the back garden.
In an effort to defend my undertakings I have showed my wife some of the posts and pictures on the forum...telling her that "look, all these guys are doing it too!"
Her answer......"they are all mad too!"
Sorry everyone....I guess we are all mad.....