** Thursday 26th Daily Chat** - One Day closer to the weekend :)

Burlesque_Babe

whatatwit wrote: »

BB, do you leave the plums in the alcohol?

I do, yes . When the alcohol is gone, I take them out and the just eat them

whatatwit wrote:

I tried the toffee vodka a couple of years ago, it looked vile _pale_

Mars Bar vodka used to be my speciality

Burlesque_Babe

ok, end of the day for Luc's challenge....

1. Approach EVERYTHING you tackle today with a 'can do' attitude yep, did that - seem to go through life with a very positive smile on my face these days
2. Put 5p extra in the saving/debtbusting pot Found £1.47 in an account that goes in BB's fun pot and had 50p over from ebay postage - it all helps!
3. Tell someone you love them Did that Well.....in a very round about way :rotfl:
4. Declutter one drawer/cupboard - bin anything broken/unsellable and charity shop/ebay the rest Didn't do this, but posted the ebay stuff I sold a couple of days ago, so in a way de-cluttered as it's not in the house now!
5. Write your Xmas card list (:eek: I know but there's only 120 days to go!) erm.......7 family members, 3 neighbours (only because they send me a card!), that's about it for cards!!

clairewop

just found a thread for flavoured vodka, but they all seem to be sweets.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PET-Demijohn-Demi-John-Wine-Making-Bottles-Homebrew-NEW-/390100892316?pt=Home_Brew#ht_1667wt_1110

think i may have to google for fruit vodka

SuzySu

Think Im going to have a go at the plum vodka for Christmas. Did a hamper for my mum last year and she loved it. It wasn't very MSE though in that nothing was homemade, but it had things that she would never buy herself like a new jumper - can't remember the last time she bought any clothes for herself, some expensive Crabtree & Evelyn handcream that was an unwanted gift, a wheat bag for her neck etc and she loved it. She wants to give me the hamper back so that I can use it again this year. Will use the voddy and add some other things.

Fed up with this rubbish weather now. Enough rain already.

Snaggles

Okay, I can get to next Thursday without having to do any shopping, and then I am away for the weekend and the kids are at their Dad's. I hardly have any fruit for lunch boxes, but I have some satsumas, tins of pineapple and boxes of raisins, and I can do carrot sticks and maybe go and pick some blackberries so that should be okay.

Meal Plan

Friday

Chilli chicken skewers, sweetcorn, potato wedges

Saturday

Tuna pasta bake

Sunday

Beef stroganoff and rice

Monday

Cheesy omelette with baked beans, carrot and cucumber sticks

Tuesday

Chicken casserole, Eve's pudding

Wednesday

Chicken and lentil curry

Thursday

Bacon butties, fruit salad

Burlesque_Babe

clairewop wrote: »

just found a thread for flavoured vodka, but they all seem to be sweets.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PET-Demijohn-Demi-John-Wine-Making-Bottles-Homebrew-NEW-/390100892316?pt=Home_Brew#ht_1667wt_1110

think i may have to google for fruit vodka

literally - just chuck it in the bottle (any kind of screw top bottle - wine/water/squash etc). Use whatever's available on the trees or get reduced fruit from the supermarket. I did amazing apricot brandy a few years back when Tesco had some lovely fruits at 10p per pack.

Sloes are abundant at the moment for gin, blackberries are around as well if you fancy a bit of hedgerow brandy/vodka/gin.

Snaggles

Whatty - :rotfl: I'm a tough cookie, huh?

That's a point, I could just buy some little half bottles of cheap vodka and just make new labels for those. I only need to make 3 or 4, so it won't cost the earth, and if I do some sort of confectionery too, I can just add a £10 voucher to each, or a book or something. I am liking this plan!

Just checked in my purse as I had some money left from the weekend and realised I had 3 x £2 coins in there, so I have resurrected my £2 pig. It has lost its stopper, so I have just taped it up, which will make me less inclined to dip into it anyway, I hope! I would have just spent that £6 on rubbish at work, no doubt.

clairewop

I want to go blackberry picking, was thinking of making blackberry jam, what do i do just put blackberries in a bottle and fill with vodka?

am having a think of making some wine too,

never seen sloes so wouldn't have a clue where they were for picking, what do you make with those?

As you can see i'm not very practical, although my cooking is getting better.

Burlesque_Babe

sloes


!!!!! them and pop in the bottle with gin. After a month, add the sugar.

lol..........the swear filter doesn't like prick so I've had to cheat to get it to display..:rotfl:

clairewop

oohh never seen those around here

apricot brandy sounds lush too. do you just do the same? put apricots in a bottle and add brandy? does the vodka and brandy take on the colour of the fruits?