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Christina Websell wrote:

No need to prick them with a silver pin?? Are you sure? My
grandmother told me this was essential.

Well, it isn't for sloes :-)

Yes it is. Bet my sloe gin is better than yours, having been pierced by a
silver pin ;p)
It has to be silver, nothing else will do.

You aren't posting from Whitby, by any chance, are you? :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.