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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"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.

OK. The plot, like the jam, thickens.

I have never noticed astringency in home-made damson jam. Must be my taste
buds.

And can anyone explain the thorns for me if they were in fact damsons?

Sue W.