Making your own booze
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What is a bullace? Never heard of them before ? I’m loving the sound of the spiced pineapple vodka
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Amyw wrote:What is a bullace? Never heard of them before ? I’m loving the sound of the spiced pineapple vodka
It falls somewhere inbeteen Sloe & Damson, no where as bitter as Sloe & quite pleasant to eat, and a bit more fleshy.
It is often mistaken for a Sloe, the difference is Bullace bushes don't have the lethal thorns that the Sloe has
So check your local bushes, no thorns then you have a Bullace, good hunting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullace
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Or there are Shepherds Bullaces which instead of being purple are more like small round Victoria Plums ... yellowish with a rosy blush and a soft powdery bloom ... that’s the sort we see most often in Suffolk.
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The bullaces that I used to pick were a golden yellow colour, with a lighter coloured flesh and a stone inside. They were slightly larger than a cherry.
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Those - like tiny greengages - are the ones found near here along the Lea Valley Renée
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Stephen Lowe, is a presenter on BBC Radio Lancashire. He had a gardening expert with him, who wasn't able to identify the bullaces. You can just see them in a bag that I had in my hand.
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they sound a bit like cherry plums.....
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Cherry plums are rounder and the same colour all over and don’t have the powdery ‘bloom’ of Shepherds Bullaces https://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/shepher ... s-for-sale
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I think mine must be a special Lancashire variety! The texture is similar to a plum and has a stone in the middle.
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Are they like French mirabelles?
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cherrytree wrote:Are they like French mirabelles?
The green yellow ones round here (also round Chichester harbour) are a lot like mirabelles but smaller, more or less slow sized
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I’m just finishing off making a second batch of Spiced Creme de Mure from the usually awful Waitrose Food magazine September issue. The blackberries here have been magnificent this year and picking 600g was easy.
The first lot was so delicious and does not need to mature ,hence a second batch .
The first lot was so delicious and does not need to mature ,hence a second batch .
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I've found the Waitrose magazine has picked up a bit since they got rid of William Sitwell.
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kea plums are also a bit like mirabelles in size but are a type of damson - they make great jam as they are quite high in pectin. i think they'd make a good fruit booze but i haven't tried - yet.
one day i will have a go at making apricot wine. i used to love the one that came from a winemaker in north norfolk back in the 70's (i don't know if they're still there but i can't get it down here) - a lovely, flavourful, sweet wine - like a pudding in a glass.
one day i will have a go at making apricot wine. i used to love the one that came from a winemaker in north norfolk back in the 70's (i don't know if they're still there but i can't get it down here) - a lovely, flavourful, sweet wine - like a pudding in a glass.
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I do agree about an improvement in the Waitrose magazine. I do miss though the awful letters to the editor that he so loved- the kind that deplored the hardships and fecklessness of the lower orders and how if they followed the guidance of the magazine how improved their lives would be.
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