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Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 8:44 pm Post subject:
Vodka and fresh with yoghurt for me.

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 8:48 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Vodka and fresh with yoghurt for me.

Is that for breakfast?

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 9:06 pm Post subject:
I wait every year for my redcurrants to start to ripen, completely forgetting that the pesky blackbirds pick off each one as soon as it has a hint of pink - by the time I've cottoned on they've mostly gone without me seeing a single red fruit...you'd think I'd learn

maryf

Joined: 25 Oct 2009
Posts: 341
Location: suffolk

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 11:15 pm Post subject:

Redcurrants were new for me last year as we inherited a bush, loads of fruit, picked daily, just rinsed, patted dry and kept in the fridge 'til I had enough to do something (3 or 4 days) I froze some which became flans and trifles later in the year. Ate them raw with ice cream, just cooked in pies, raspberry and redcurrant trifle went down well, my neighbour made jelly - still coming out with roast lamb! and the rest - 1 gal of just redcurrant, 1 gal redcurrant and raspberry and 1 gal of miribelle plum and redcurrant. Plenty on the bush again this year - plumping up but not ripening yet. I don't think that it had been pruned for some time - ditto the raspberry canes which I gave a severe haircut to and that too is loaded with fruit but not ripening yet.

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
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Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 10 10:45 am Post subject:
you can't beat redcurrant jelly with slow roasted mutton

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 10 11:57 am Post subject:
We make redcurrant jelly, and my mum makes a rather superb raspberry and redcurrant wine.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 9:39 am Post subject:

Thanks to everyone for the help and all the suggestions.

I started to pick some last night but once I tasted, 1 the rest didn't make it to the kitchen

I'll try again today, jelly and sorbet are definately on the to try list but then I love the sound of redcurrent pie, or cordials and especially vodka

oohhh dear, they all sound so good, looks like I'll be taking some cutting for next year.

Thanks again everyone

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 5:07 pm Post subject:
The cuttings take really easily, just stick em in the ground in autumn or march time and water them, hey presto loads of plants. I'm planning to make a bit of a hedge with mine, that I can just drape netting over.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
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Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 5:18 pm Post subject:
Now there's an idea, I need to get some hedging sorted, cheers Nettie

gil
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 8:50 pm Post subject:
I didn;t find the cuttings took as fast for me as tip layering - where you pin the ends of the branches down to the soil and that bit eventually takes root.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 1:13 am Post subject:

touchwood wrote:

Now there's an idea, I need to get some hedging sorted, cheers Nettie

I'm hoping to do a mixed hedge thingy with goosegogs and blackcurrants too (admittedly it won't be that high, but it will divide off an area of the garden), and another of raspberries. I have pulled out raspberry shoots from the fruit bed, potted them up, and they have all lived. Hmmmm lots to do.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 1:16 am Post subject:

gil wrote:

I didn;t find the cuttings took as fast for me as tip layering - where you pin the ends of the branches down to the soil and that bit eventually takes root.

Either's good, whatever's easiest. Anything that gets shoved in the ground and grows new roots over the winter is fine by me!

Last edited by nettie on Wed Jun 16, 10 10:07 am; edited 1 time in total

Erikht

Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Posts: 3358

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 8:37 am Post subject:
Red currants and white rum. Lovely schnapps.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 8:12 am Post subject:
I've made some sorbet which I think OH is going to beat me to Then yesterday I tried some cordial, which went down exceptionally well with some lemonade and vodka (Chickens loved the left over seeds etc) Now if I can get rid of this in my head, I'm going to try some Jelly.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 8:46 am Post subject:
I had some crushed into yoghurt yesterday with the first few blackcurrants and a couple of strawbs. Yuuuum

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