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Old 24-09-2007, 08:59 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Sloes/damsons (slightly OT)


In article . com,
Rob G writes:
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| On making sloe gin, the accepted technique in this day and age is to
| put them in the freezer and let them unthaw slowly - that breaks the
| skins and enables the juice extraction.

Or just don't bother. Given a reasonable passage of time, the gin
will absorb the juice without needing to do anything. But slicing
them with a knife or freezing them certainly speeds things up.


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Nick Maclaren.