ice cream

just made some strawberry ice cream(bought straws Im afraid) but picked 5 lb of redcurrants and nearly 2 pounds of blackcurreants yesterday, need deep in jam, made some redcurrant sorbet, trouble is freezer is now full

jenn

 

You could dry them, they'd just be currants then

 

I hate clever people LOL could do I didnt think of that. Ive got a lovely dryer, dried rose petals, cranberries etc last year.

jenn

 

going on from drying, could I make jam then from the dried ones, I suppose you would just re-constitute them

jenn

 

:D

Even better that you've already got a drier

Yes, you can use them from dried to add to chutneys, sauces, wines, allsorts really.

I've used 2 year old dried apple rings to make a new batch of chutney.

That reminds me, I ought to build a new solar drier before I need it this year.

I'll try to do that tommorow & stick a report in the fishy forragy forum

 

I take my hat of to you Jenny.. top n tail 5Lbs Redcurrents..!! Thats a lot.

 

its a pain but oh the eating is good - got the cherries ripe now, not as sweet or as many as last year cause the gales blew a lot of them off in May but they are ok to jam or make cherry brandy( hiccup) made 5 bottles last year

Jenn

 

Do the cherry trees need wasailing, the same as apple trees ?

 

First a 'little man' starts stealing stuff from you, and then this Gale starts sucking off your cherries! Have you caught her in the act, yet? Or is this just your suspicions?

 

Sorry I could not find a smiley for HILARIOUS

Jack McH

 

I certainly dont get much sleep KL, what with watching out for chicken thieves, little nameless men/women and this gale creature, stood under the cherry trees for hours yesterday catching the cherries as 'it' flung them off at me

jenn