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Damson or bullace. Prunus domestica. Excellent for jam, jelly,
chutney, cheese, puddings and even eating raw if you like fierce
flavours.

And if you don't like them, send them to my mate Albert. He can't get
enough of them.

Not my cup of tea though, except in jam.

They make wonderful cheese!

Mary

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Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno


Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

Cat(h) (jealous)

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"Cat(h)" writes:
| On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
|
| Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
| too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
| guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?
|
| Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
| immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

Hell, no. Just place a potty outside and tell them not to come in
until they are fit for public release :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 23/8/07 17:44, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:32:10 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
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In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You don't need a prescription for it in UK but you can't buy it OTC unless
there's a pharmacist in the chemist's shop. Nobody with a stomach ulcer or
breathing problems, such as bronchitis, should take it.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:13:40 +0200, Martin wrote
and included this (or some of this):

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:11:04 +0100, Sacha
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On 23/8/07 17:44, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:32:10 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
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In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You don't need a prescription for it in UK but you can't buy it OTC unless
there's a pharmacist in the chemist's shop. Nobody with a stomach ulcer or
breathing problems, such as bronchitis, should take it.

I know you don't. Nobody with a bad bacterial infection in the stomach should
take it.

They don't ask any questions in Spanish Pharmacias.

I once went on hols to Majorca and forgot most of my prescription
medicines (of which there are a few)

A little Senorita asked what I wanted and handed the lot over without
query. Cheap, too.
..

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

On 23/8/07 19:33, in article ,
"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:13:40 +0200, Martin wrote
and included this (or some of this):

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:11:04 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 23/8/07 17:44, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:32:10 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and
not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You don't need a prescription for it in UK but you can't buy it OTC unless
there's a pharmacist in the chemist's shop. Nobody with a stomach ulcer or
breathing problems, such as bronchitis, should take it.

I know you don't. Nobody with a bad bacterial infection in the stomach should
take it.

They don't ask any questions in Spanish Pharmacias.

I once went on hols to Majorca and forgot most of my prescription
medicines (of which there are a few)

A little Senorita asked what I wanted and handed the lot over without
query. Cheap, too.
.

Mea culpa. For some reason known only to my subconscious, I read Immodium
as Ibuprofen. It's the latter you shouldn't take if you have a stomach
ulcer or bronchitis. My apologies.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:44:04 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:32:10 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
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In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum tasting, and not
too sharp. This family has young children, so if they are damsons then i
guess its ok for them to go ahead and 'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.


Ahem. Figure of speech, to warn the uninformed that scoffing a whole
pile of plums can lead to a major dose of the runs.. I had better
state clearly that I speak, not from any medical expertise, but from
repeated, seasonal, personal childhood plum-scoffing experience.
A good stodgy risotto or rice pudding requires no prescription, and
can help with doses of runs. Although of course, a major fit of runs
may require a visit to your GP.
Oh, and terms and conditions apply.

I'll squelsh a bit of aloe vera on me knuckles now...

Cat(h)

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On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum
tasting, and not too sharp. This family has young children, so if
they are damsons then i guess its ok for them to go ahead and
'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You sound like someone who's never eaten too many damsons :-)

Kaolin and morphine is better. Eating less damsons is the perfect solution.

In article ,
"Uncle Marvo" writes:
| In reply to Martin ) who wrote this in
| , I, Marvo, say :
|
| You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.
|
| You sound like someone who's never eaten too many damsons :-)
|
| Kaolin and morphine is better. Eating less damsons is the perfect solution.

Eh? How many is too many? Unless you are the sort of person who
rarely eats much fruit, it is quite hard to eat enough ripe fruit
to give yourself any significant trouble. Minor diarrhoea isn't
more than mildly annoying.

Even eating too much pawpaw isn't bad enough to justify taking
noxious medicines - and pawpaw is a lot more laxative than any
form of plum.

I find rhubarb so nasty that I am not tempted to eat any of it,
let alone too much, but my wife has never had serious problems
even from overindulging in that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article ,
"Uncle Marvo" writes:
In reply to Martin ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You sound like someone who's never eaten too many damsons :-)

Kaolin and morphine is better. Eating less damsons is the perfect
solution.

Eh? How many is too many? Unless you are the sort of person who
rarely eats much fruit, it is quite hard to eat enough ripe fruit
to give yourself any significant trouble. Minor diarrhoea isn't
more than mildly annoying.

Even eating too much pawpaw isn't bad enough to justify taking
noxious medicines - and pawpaw is a lot more laxative than any
form of plum.

I find rhubarb so nasty that I am not tempted to eat any of it,
let alone too much, but my wife has never had serious problems
even from overindulging in that.

I find damsons are the worst, followed by greengages. Ornery plums are fine,
and I eat more fruit than all but two people I know, one of which is
virtually a fruit'n'veggie, and the other is my mate Albert.

I live on pawpaw (with lime), probably have four big ones a week. I didn't
know it was a laxative.

On 24 Aug, 13:43, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:
I live on pawpaw (with lime), probably have four big ones a week.

Do you?! What a funny thing for a ... err... Brumy.

I didn't
know it was a laxative.

Me neither. But then again, my kids and I can't eat melons, precisely
for the same reasons. However, I know lots of people who can eat tons
of the stuff without problems.

On 24/8/07 10:46, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:34:39 +0100, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to Martin ) who wrote this in
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:32:10 -0700, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:26 pm, "johngood_____" wrote:
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message

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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article ,
"johngood_____" writes:

Many Thanks. here is the web url.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6baazno

Thanks to all. Have now tasted one and they are a bit plum
tasting, and not too sharp. This family has young children, so if
they are damsons then i guess its ok for them to go ahead and
'scoff'?

Quite - but be sure to keep some for making jam. And keep the
immodium to hand if the kids overindulge ;-)

You shouldn't use immodium without a prescription.

You sound like someone who's never eaten too many damsons :-)

Kaolin and morphine is better. Eating less damsons is the perfect solution.

When a doctor who specialised in tropical medicine and spent ten years working
in the tropics says don't use Immodium, that's good enough for me. Drinking
strong tea worked for me. The tannin has a similar effect to Immodium without
killing you if you have serious bug.

Port & brandy mixed is one old remedy. I've never tried but I should think
the overall effect is to make you indifferent to whatever ails you!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Hi..

[...berry cheese...]
Hmm they did what..? Mary, would you mind explane it to me?
Any other ideas or comments are welcome..!
Thanks in advance..!

--
cu
Marco

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Marco Schwarz writes:
|
| [...berry cheese...]
| Hmm they did what..? Mary, would you mind explane it to me?
| Any other ideas or comments are welcome..!

Get a recipe as for jam. Soften and sieve the fruit (I have used
crab apples, damsons, quince and japonica). Quince is the original
marmalade (membrillo), and I leave the paste fairly sharp. Do NOT
follow a traditional recipe for fruit cheese, but put it in a
roasting tin in a slow oven, and stir it frequently. When it is
thick, put it in an oiled roasting tin or similar, about 1" thick.
When it is cold, cut it in 1" cubes. It will be ready by Christmas
and, in a cool, dry place, it will keep for many years.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.