Edible Xmas gifts that can be made well in advance.....

hob

good to know see im learning also might make onion marmalade but i cant find any that dont require wine. and as he dosent drink i wounder if there is anything eles i could use.

tinksy

my recipe says red wine vinegar so that might work.

ive made alsorts this year as a first attempt so im getting there!

elysia2003

tinksy wrote: »

I'm also going to cheat and make some marmalade from marmade as I missed marmalade season. I am hoping to put cranberries in etc to make it a bit unusual!

Sorry I snipped your post!

Probably a silly question but how do you make Marmalade from Marmalade? I've love to make some too.

tinksy

its called marmade, they sell it in tesco near the marmalade. you just add sugar to it really cheap as well!!! x

BezzyK

How far in advance can I make flavoured vodka, skittles, toffee and cola cube? Will they keep until Xmas?

Thanks

MrsTinks

kerrybyrne7 wrote: »

How far in advance can I make flavoured vodka, skittles, toffee and cola cube? Will they keep until Xmas?

Thanks

Depends... how are you at resisting temptation?

There is no "use by" date on vodka And even with sweets dissolved in them the vodka will kill anything pretty much that could "go off"... make them now and serve next christmas if you wanted...

BezzyK

Thank you MrsTine!

I will get on with making these at the weekend. I may have to make a tester batch for myself save me giving in to the temptation on the gift ones.

ladyfalco

tinksy wrote: »

my recipe says red wine vinegar so that might work.

ive made alsorts this year as a first attempt so im getting there!

what is your recipe please Does anyone know of where i can get templates to make labels for jars? I tried myself and its rubbish

lmb4wcb

I have just started reading this thread and was wondering if there is an easier way to find the recipes other than going through it all over again. Also a lot of the stuff that I plan on making is for a recovering alcohoilc who is on anti booze tablets so can't even wear aftershave with alcohol in it as he has a really bad reaction so is there an alternative to any of the recipes that require alcohol? TIA

MrsTinks

lmb - you're right to avoid anything with alcohol in if someone is on medication that reacts to alcohol - even 3 hours of boiling has been proved to only remove 85% of the alcohol...
As for what you can replace it with... I think that depends very much on the ACTUAL recipe that you want to make... Personally I'd just keep seaching for something else which contained NO alcohol in the making. My stepfather is an alcoholic and has been on the pills you describe and they do get very sick if they consume alcohol whilst on the tablets. So from someone with an alcoholic in the family... thank you for taking such care in avoiding accidently giving them any no matter how small!