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Foraging - Natures Food

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  • parsonswife8
    parsonswife8 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    gailey wrote: »
    Do you have a recipie for plum wine at all please.
    is it easy and quick.
    Got tonnes of plums.


    I will get it off OH Gailey. He is out at the moment, fetching me a prescription.

    ;) Felines are my favourite ;)
  • gailey_2
    gailey_2 Posts: 2,329 Forumite
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    thanks i have about 13bags greengages in freezer and 5damsons.
    pad by xmas2010 £14,636.65/£20,000::beer:
    Pay off as much as I can 2011 £15008.02/£15,000:j

    new grocery challenge £200/£250 feb

    KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON:D,Onwards and upward2013:)
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
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    We've got elderberries, crab apples, plums and blackberries growing right near us, waiting for the right time and OH will be out picking them.;)

    Opened a bottle of our homemade plum wine on Sunday evening. Let's just say that there is now none left and it was delicious. We both really enjoyed it. Got another 5 bottles. :T:T

    He is going to make elderberry wine, blackberry wine and some more plum wine very soon.:j:j

    Oh can you give me the recipe for Blackberry wine too when your OH is back ;)
    Do you need a lot of kit for making wine? Never done it before......
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
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  • parsonswife8
    parsonswife8 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2010 at 1:11PM
    My OH got the recipes off this website

    http://www.lowcostliving.co.uk/home-brewing/recipe-damson-wine.php

    and

    http://www.lowcostliving.co.uk/home-brewing/recipe-dry-blackberry-wine.php


    You do need demijohns and wine bottles and corks and airlocks and plastic tube syphon and a few other bits and bobs.

    He has been making wine for years, so it's easy for him.

    Here is another good website..

    http://www.wine-making-guides.com/wine_recipes.html

    and for Gailey..

    http://www.wine-making-guides.com/greengage_wine.html

    ;) Felines are my favourite ;)
  • foxblade
    foxblade Posts: 81 Forumite
    After getting some inspiration from this board, I went out and got 2lb of blackberrys, noone else was taking them so I thought why not. I am going to wait a week or two for some more to ripen so I can make some jam, never made it before but seems easy- ish!
  • foxblade wrote: »
    After getting some inspiration from this board, I went out and got 2lb of blackberrys, noone else was taking them so I thought why not. I am going to wait a week or two for some more to ripen so I can make some jam, never made it before but seems easy- ish!

    I've been out with my dogs looking to pick blackberries, but they are not at all ripe around here :eek:. My DD wants to have a go at making blackberry jam as presents, but she doesn't want to buy her blackberries at Tescos!
    KEEP CALM AND keep taking the tablets :cool2:
  • kinkyjinks
    kinkyjinks Posts: 852 Forumite
    Gigervamp wrote: »
    River cottage have just brought out a new handbook called Hedgerow or there's the foragers "bible" Food For Free.

    I read a review of the RC book today on one of my favourite blogs and couldn't resist buying it. I can't wait for it to arrive :j. While out looking for blackberries today I found 3 eating apple trees growing wild, a crab apple tree and some wild fennel which I'll definitely revisit in the spring. I even managed to talk my OH into a second walk today to hunt for stuff. Off to make some apple and bramble cordial from the above blog :D
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  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    It's on my wish list. Got to wait until next week before I can order it though. I love the RC handbooks. I have the preserves and seashore books and can't wait to add this one to the collection!
  • Aril
    Aril Posts: 1,877 Forumite
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    If you make sloe gin you can remove the sloes after 3 months and then either add them to cider to make a beverage called slider or to a cheap sherry [this needs to be shaken daily for 3 weeks before removing the fruit] to make sloe sherry.
    Waste not want not:D
    Aril
    Aiming for a life of elegant frugality wearing a new-to-me silk shirt rather than one of hair!
  • loupoppins
    loupoppins Posts: 168 Forumite
    What a great thread! It has inspired me to improve on my usual half hearted attempt at blackberry picking!
    This morning I managed to gather 980g of blackberries :D Have made 2 jars of jam, plus a bitleft over for jam tarts tomorrow and some blackberries left for another blackberry and apple pie;)
    Then went walking with the dog tonight, and went a route past a tree I remembered in the spring was covered with lovely blossom(actually took pic of the kids in front of it!)
    and discovered it was COVERED in lovely little yellow cherry plums:D:D Gathered some, but think I will go back for more tomorrow, the tree is absolutely laden with them,and they are begining to fall to the floor and get walked into a squishy mess...such a waste...
    Also saw another great place for yet more blackberries.....
    Now need to find some apple trees....oh and some more jam jars...:rotfl:
    Such a great feeling foraging and storing away :T
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