The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

MingVase

Nargle that sounds absolutely disgusting to me. I like sweet but that sounds like overload ..  a nice strawberry pavlova will do me fine

Nargleblast

Try it, Ming, it's less sweet than you expect.

thriftwizard

Ming, some (most?) of that sugar will have turned to alcohol...

Si_Clist

jamanda said:

... I ended up with 80 demijohns of wine and lots bottled up ...

Crikey!  We thought we'd gone OTT a few years back with 36 ...

3secondmemory

MingVase said:

Nargle that sounds absolutely disgusting to me. I like sweet but that sounds like overload ..  a nice strawberry pavlova will do me fine

Lol -  I always douse the strawberries in a drop of alcohol when I make pavlova 😃

and I love apple slices that have been soaked in Pimms

MingVase

I'll stick to pavlova. Anybody got any feel free to send it up here

Jellytotts

Love a rumtopf - one year I used some of the fruit in a flan.  The men of the family had a slice each and were absolutely pickled!  

-taff

I used to make jars of prunes soaked in grappa and sugar. Used as a digestive aid after a meal..Also very alcoholic but it's less frowned upon to be drunk from digestive aids than wine This also goes for grappa in coffee, it's digestive....

Floss

Elaine, if you use the very pink bits of rhubarb your vodka will be a delicate pink colour

3secondmemory

-taff said:

I used to make jars of prunes soaked in grappa and sugar. Used as a digestive aid after a meal..Also very alcoholic but it's less frowned upon to be drunk from digestive aids than wine This also goes for grappa in coffee, it's digestive....

I like the sound of that – my grandma used to make beautiful pickled prunes to eat with cold meat and home-made chips. 

I like the idea of them soused in alcohol 😃

I prefer alcohol in food – I’ve never been a big drinker but alcohol has medicinal qualities 😃 I’m a big believer in the occasional aperitif to sharpen the appetite 😃