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Calling Plum / Bullace Nerds! And mould recipe for wine.

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chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 07 2:53 pm Post subject: Calling Plum / Bullace Nerds! And mould recipe for wine.

I have been given some small black 'lammas plums' via freecycle, and I am wondering if they are actually 'bullaces'.

It doesn't make any difference to my recipe - I am going to divide them between jam and wine - but I am interested in what a bullace actually *IS*. I know it comes between a damson and a plum in the pecking order, but I've never actually come across one knowingly!

I've also plucked up my courage and am going to try my neighbour's 'mould recipe' for the wine. You stone the fruit and shove them in a bucket covered in cold water. Then you put them in a warm place and forget about them for three weeks. After which, a thick crust of mould has formed on the top, which you remove and add your pectic enzyme, camden tap and sugar, before adding the yeast 24 hours later. After three days you stick it in a demijohn and proceed as usual, leaving at least a year before drinking.

Scary stuff ... but her plum/damson/sloe wine made in this way is FANTASTIC.

Last edited by chez on Sun Jul 29, 07 5:00 pm; edited 1 time in total

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Surrey

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 07 4:47 pm Post subject:
Sounds interesting my children have lots of recipes for mould

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 07 6:02 pm Post subject:
2steps, mine went through that phase too

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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Location: truro

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 9:54 pm Post subject:
bumping an old thread, but i'm sitting on a batch of plum mould wine with nwindfall kea plums atm.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 9:58 pm Post subject:
Hello you! Not actually sitting on them.... I tend to make bullace gin with mine.

lettucewoman

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Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 11 10:06 pm Post subject:
hello hun!!

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