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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Sloes

There's not much in the way of free fruit that our little smallholding had in place when we moved here, but the one thing there is an abundance of this year is sloes!
 It's bumper year and they're hanging off the hedges like grapes. My little sister and her boyfriend came round the other day (mainly to see the new baby - not me) and I suggested we went and picked some so they could make sloe gin.
 It didn't take long to pick them, in fact I think we picked a tub full without moving more than 5ft!
I've made plenty of sloe gin and other liquors in the past but I'm not going to bother this year - we're just not very big drinkers any more (I'm not sure we ever were) so it seems daft to make something just for the sake of it (although it does make a good present).
Has anyone else got any other ideas with what to do with sloes? I made some sloe and apple jam a few years ago and that was terrible, so any ideas better than that one please!
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10 comments:

  1. Sandies' Patch30 October 2013 at 10:44

    Sloe jelly with spice in like, ginger,cloves,cinnamon.

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    1. Kev Alviti1 November 2013 at 21:53

      I hadn't thought of a jelly, I guess that makes it easier with the stones as well!

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  2. Jane and Chris30 October 2013 at 13:03

    I've never had sloe anything!
    Jane x

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    1. Kev Alviti1 November 2013 at 21:53

      A quick girl then! They grow on Blackthorn bushes in hedges. We've got loads.

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  3. Vera30 October 2013 at 19:07

    We gave our sloes to the pigs and goats!

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    1. Kev Alviti1 November 2013 at 21:54

      Maybe I'll do that next year with mine then (if I have any pigs and goats by then

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  4. Sunnybrook Farm31 October 2013 at 00:53

    Don't have them here so I don't know what they taste like. Maybe you could make fruit leather.

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    1. Kev Alviti1 November 2013 at 21:55

      They might be a bit sharp for that (you can't eat them raw as they dry your mouth out). I've been meaning to try to make a fruit leather some time as it's something I've nver tried.

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  5. cumbrian31 October 2013 at 15:12

    never heard af anybody doing anything with sloes except making liqueurs.

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    1. Kev Alviti1 November 2013 at 21:55

      Well don't try making jam with them is my advice!

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