Sloes
By Amy
- 25 Sep, 2009
- 11 likes
Going to be busy tonight making .. Sloe Gin ..
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Yummy. My daughter bought me some back from her recent Lake District holiday. I had never tasted it before and, as I don't like gin I was a bit unsure but it's definitely yummy.
25 Sep, 2009
loads there Amy
25 Sep, 2009
Great photo Amy. Good luck with making the Sloe Gin.
25 Sep, 2009
It's already made , we made it this afternoon , we got stuck in and pricked them all , we bought two bottles of Gin and have enough Sloes for another one , we usually make about 3 bottles and put one of them in the loft to start us off with next year ..
It is yummy Gee ! people who come round know we make it and always ask if it's ready at xmas ..
When you finally take most of the sloes out you can put them in melted chocolate , let it go hard , it makes a tasty choccy treat ........
25 Sep, 2009
and what about the Shillelagh Amy lol
25 Sep, 2009
He's still sulking Eileen ..LOL...
25 Sep, 2009
They make lovely wine too.
25 Sep, 2009
It all sounds fantastic Amy might just pop in for a slow Gin and Tonic Lol
25 Sep, 2009
lol Amy.
why doesnt he have a go at making one, go back and take a branch off the Blackthorn tree
26 Sep, 2009
You are welcome any time PP xx
Tony is thinking about doing that Eileen next time we are passing he Blackthorn trees , we were out on holiday when we saw a container full of different shaped and sized walking sticks and they were anything between £ 50 - £ 100 I couldn't believe they were so expensive .. well worth making your own !
I haven't had the wine Hywel , I expect that is nice to ..............
26 Sep, 2009
seen them been carved at the Clonmellon show this yr Amy, some of the designs were beautiful.
worth giving it a go Tony lol
26 Sep, 2009
look a bit like blueberries amy ,are they nice to just eat
22 Nov, 2009
Sandra ..they are the most awful bitter tasting things you can imagine , they draw your mouth and cheeks right up , if you only had a tiny bite you wouldn't ever want to repeat it .. i'm not joking ,truly horrible .. when you decant the gin after 8 weeks you take the berries out leaving a few for decoration ... you can if you like melt chocolate and then put the Gin flavoured Sloes in it , making a kind of liquor choclate , it's quite nice but because each Sloe has a stone in it you have to take each stone out to make it pleasant to eat ...... :o)
22 Nov, 2009
thanx for info amy and wont be eating any then :o)) wouldnt mind tasting the gin though just to see if its any differant to normal gin
22 Nov, 2009
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