50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

In_Search_Of_Me · 27 June 2009 at 7:21PM

oo wine making...yum! What does the teabag wine taste like?Is it like sake? I did make a yummy one from a tin but felt a bit like a lush with all the bottles...so I didnt do it again...I tried apple for pectin but wouldnt do it again....it was meant to last but didnt and went very yeasty so I had to cuck it...my prefered method is the sugar with pectin i it hth? Off to try knitting a shawl with beads!

Confuzzled · 27 June 2009 at 7:30PM

jtb2412 wrote: »

I hadn't intended to worry too much about what we spend on food this month (within reason of course - I now hate spending too much on food !) but clearly you have all taught me well and it's now becoming second nature for me !!!! :beer:

ahhhh the (frugal) force is strong with this one

hehe sorry couldn't resist!

nopot2pin · 27 June 2009 at 7:32PM

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

oo wine making...yum! What does the teabag wine taste like?Is it like sake? I did make a yummy one from a tin but felt a bit like a lush with all the bottles...so I didnt do it again...

The teabag wine is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccee.... I dont think it is like sake, but it was years ago when I tasted sake, so maybe my memory is wrong.
I like the lemon and ginger one best :drool:
I will be trying a few different ones, when I see the teabags on offer again

Confuzzled · 27 June 2009 at 7:40PM

popped into mrs m today and was surprised to find so many clearance items in the meat dept, it was around 3pm and i figured it would all be picked over but i managed to pick up 5 packages of smoked ham riblets and houghs total weight of just shy of 3kg for a grand total of 3.25!

i love smoked meat and i can't wait to make some to die for pea and ham soup tomorrow yummy!

also happy to note that my peas are well in flower now, can't wait til we're eating those straight from the garden... anyone know how long it takes from flowering to the actual eating normally?

Confuzzled · 27 June 2009 at 7:45PM

freecycle wrote: »

I always loiter around Sainsburys around Christmas eve time.....they had veg from 15p last year, and we've only just used all of it up :eek: so me thinks we need to stock up again!

is it sad that i actually really look forward to my raids on christmas eve and new years eve? (here in scotland january 2nd is a holiday too so we get really good bargains twice as many shops aren't open on the 2nd)

i will probably be away at christmas but that leaves me a few local shops to raid for new years... does anyone know how good morrisons holiday clearance items are? it's the only really big shop we have here, not sure if aldi's does those big clearances or not and our tesco's is tiny...

look at me it's june and i'm preparing for a freezer bonanza 6 months from now :rotfl:

shaz_mum_of__2 · 27 June 2009 at 8:23PM

potty

i have a red waiting to be bottled made from dried sloes and dried elderberries which looks the thickest so far ...........fingers crossed

we made some "earl grey" wine last year but not drank any yet........but tasted ok when bottling

what brand are the lemon and ginger teabags ? Homebargains is good for special teas just got hubby some green tea with pineapple and grapefruit ..........thinking the strawberry and vanilla one might be nice to make wine

Made some lovely black eye bean patties for tea will post recipe tomorrow if anyones interested?

Shaz

nopot2pin · 27 June 2009 at 8:36PM

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

potty

i have a red waiting to be bottled made from dried sloes and dried elderberries which looks the thickest so far ...........fingers crossed

we made some "earl grey" wine last year but not drank any yet........but tasted ok when bottling

what brand are the lemon and ginger teabags ? Homebargains is good for special teas just got hubby some green tea with pineapple and grapefruit ..........thinking the strawberry and vanilla one might be nice to make wine

Made some lovely black eye bean patties for tea will post recipe tomorrow if anyones interested?

Shaz

Your elderberry and sloe wine sounds like it might be a winner :T
How much fruit did you use per gallon ??

I have use glycerin in the past, to give a better mouthfeel for reds.
If I remember rightly, I used one tablespoon per gallon. But you could add more, if needed.
I used glycerin in the port I made too... but I might need to add a bit more. I will wait another few months, before testing it though.
Glycerin just seems to meld everything together, iykwim.

The lemon and ginger teabags were twinings... they were on offer in Tesco's ages ago, 60p a box.