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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 12:38:13 PM » |
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We've got about a gallon and a half of gooseberry wine on the go at present. Elderflower champagne from earlier this year has all gone - it was delicious.
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 12:52:26 PM » |
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the kitchen is now a tomato chutney factory.......... the dresser is groaning with full jars of it, and the bathroom is choc a bloc with more "kilner" type jars, ready for the next lot...... For some reason, tomato production has gone bonkers this year - despite "staggering" planting, and having some in the greenhouse and some outdoors, loads have ripened at the same time............ Harzfeur have performed magnificently for the second year running, Marmande have been great, and 'er indoors' little cherry jobs are prolific too.........  |
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 01:11:38 PM » |
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Yes loads of tomatoes this year just hope the blight doesn't get to them before they all ripen. We've been freezing quite a lot as "pulp" - usually this takes ages pressing them through a sieve. This year we bought a machine http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/444which is brilliant. |
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2009, 03:32:12 PM » |
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Alright for some  my tomatoes have been a dismal failure this year, lucky if I have had a dozen fruits off two plants  My neighbour has had the same problem as me absolute cr@p tomato crop In comparison to my courgettes which have gone mad so it looks like courgette chutney rather than tomato this year, rollon next season   |
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2009, 03:54:01 PM » |
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Blight... Blight... don't talk to me about B****y Blight! Lost most of my Toms almost overnight. Hic!
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2009, 06:39:05 PM » |
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we have been blighted - a small fortune on Bordeaux mixture appears to have slowed its rate. The machine you want for tom processing is this  squidges them through perfectly and very very quickly - stuff that sieve/hand/spoon for a laugh. Kenwood chefs are available in your local free-ads (old ones - this still fits) for very little money. We have the 'titanium' which is about 4 1/2 horsepower and would kill you if you got your hand stuck in it, but its OTT for most folk. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2009, 06:52:30 PM » |
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we are Greenhouseless at present and out outside Tom's have not yet ripened. Green tomato chutney?
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2009, 07:55:08 AM » |
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Yes loads of tomatoes this year just hope the blight doesn't get to them before they all ripen. We've been freezing quite a lot as "pulp" - usually this takes ages pressing them through a sieve. This year we bought a machine http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/444which is brilliant. Hi Rhys - that looks a neat machine. Would it be able to de-stone and de-skin plums do you think ? cheers Bill |
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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2009, 10:36:00 AM » |
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Yes loads of tomatoes this year just hope the blight doesn't get to them before they all ripen. We've been freezing quite a lot as "pulp" - usually this takes ages pressing them through a sieve. This year we bought a machine http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/444which is brilliant. Hi Rhys - that looks a neat machine. Would it be able to de-stone and de-skin plums do you think ? cheers I think you'd have to de stone manually, but I should think it would de skin cooked plums. Bill |
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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2009, 03:50:55 PM » |
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For small plums a cherry stoner sometimes works. They also come in larger sizes, which then allow you to stone and cut the plums into quarters for cakes in one operation.  Haven't seen one for a while, sadly. Klaus |
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2009, 03:54:06 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2009, 06:08:17 PM » |
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When I did some research into the device rhys posted - I found quite a lot of reviews slagging it off - hence the kenwood chef version that we went for.
Not sure how it would react to plums... will investigate.
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2009, 06:21:03 PM » |
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This is the first year that I have had tomatoes ripen outdoors. There won''t be surplus to store though.
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