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nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 8:38 pm Post subject: It's Sloetime....
...here in Essex! The little beauties are plump and turning slightly soft, it's just the right time to pick 'em and bung em in the freezer. Happy gin-making

jema
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: It's Sloetime....

nettie wrote:

...here in Essex! The little beauties are plump and turning slightly soft, it's just the right time to pick 'em and bung em in the freezer.

Happy gin-making

Good luck, we will be buying about 30 bottles og GIn in a few days to do ours!

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:16 pm Post subject:
Haven't seen any here. when I was growing up there were sloe trees (maybe they were damsons? they were like tiny plums) in a car park on our street and we use to pick and eat them. we thought they were tiny plums

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:18 pm Post subject:
I'm sure they were damsons, 2steps. Sloes are so sour they would have peeled the gums back off your teeth!

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Surrey

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:20 pm Post subject:
must of been. they weren't sour or at least no more sour than plums sometime are

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:20 pm Post subject:
We've found and cooked my first damsons ever this year...in fact we've just had a bowl of home made icecream with this as a topping. It is so nice I will be going to any lengths next year to get my hands on as many as possible. Sloes though...hmmm. Maybe we ought to get a cupful and have a go at something just so that we know we aren't dismissing them.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:27 pm Post subject:
Our sloe gin is on. Smelling and tasting good already, been on about a week or so. Should be a good vintage this year! All of the wild Prunus have had a tremendous year.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 05 9:44 pm Post subject:
They sure have. My freezer's full of the buggers and I don't know what to do with them all!!! Chutney, anyone.......?

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 05 5:31 pm Post subject:
Stew em, strain out the stones, then freeze in small amounts to add to rich meat stews, adds a really nice fruity element without making it 'sweet'

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 05 6:50 pm Post subject:

Well I'm feeling heartedly cheesed off - Just been for a walk upto our regular sloe bushes and found that they've all been chopped down by the council in their infinite wisdom

I wouldn't mind so much but they were on the top of Warton Crag and I've got a bad chest infection so we walked up a very steep hill with much wheezing and coughing for nothing plus I don't know anywhere else around here where there are sloes - so no gin for us this year

unless we buy it

One very cheesed off Joanne

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