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Old 25-09-2007, 09:33 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Sloes/damsons (slightly OT)


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"Sue" writes:
| Great minds think alike!
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| I made a tiny jam sample this very morning. Presence of astringency
| confirmed suspicions that the "damsons" are indeed sloes.
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| I now have six little jars of sloe cheese! Sampled it with sausages
| tonight...delicious!

Er, no. If there is merely a presence of astringency, then they are
almost certainly damsons - they are usually somewhat astringent.
Sloe cheese would be SO astringent that even I might baulk at it.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.