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moonbells · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: drowning in redcurrants

well I now have a stupid number of jars of redcurrant jelly. After all the hoohah of previous years (trying to get enough together to make a decent batch) it's got a bit silly.

I picked 4lbs off one bush, without even managing to get all of them, and there's still one bush to go... argh.

I may not be doing much in the way of veg but the now-mature fruit bushes are definitely overcompensating!

1001 uses for redcurrant jelly now being sought...

moonbells Laughing

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daveandtara · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:26 am Post subject:

1. I always put a goodly dollop into any gravy or sauce that uses red wine.

2. the obvious.....for on roast lamb

3. melted, to glaze the fruit on open fruit tarts.

4. perfect for sticking rolled fondant icing to a cake.

4. tis a great ingredient in homemade sweet and sour sauce.

5. Ditto homemade BBQ sauce.

6. and a dollop when you are caramalising red onions gives good colour and sweetness to make a fab topping for any savoury pie.

well there's your first six....number seven anyone? Laughing

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frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3463 Location: Kent

nope, all my redcurrants were picked bare Evil or Very Mad

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Icyberjunkie · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject:

You got all my favourites in their D&T!!

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3333 Location: Herts

No 7. Give them to Flo !! Razz

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baggy · Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 1304 Location: Kent

8 - chuck it out. Fruit and meat. Yeargh !

Cant you make cordial ? Bit like cranberry ?

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moonbells · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:20 am Post subject:

Flowerlady wrote:

No 7. Give them to Flo !! Razz

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<LAUGH> ok one jar being set aside for Flo cheering up purposes.

(The roast lamb one is obvious - except I detest and loathe lamb, can't bear the smell)

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3333 Location: Herts

only if I can swap you a jar of goosegog jelly or chutney Wink

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moonbells · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

Flowerlady wrote:

only if I can swap you a jar of goosegog jelly or chutney Wink

Darn. Don't much like goosegogs. I tend to feed 'em to my Dad!

moonbells

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