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How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
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How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
Sorry - hate the word 'glut' (nasty gutteral sound, and it has the same effect on me as 'chore', i.e. it takes away any pleasure which might be found from ingenuity or good old hard work.) Lecture over - any smart ideas which you've come up with for using extra veg or fruit this year?
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Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
Freeze it, dry it, bottle it, pressure can it, make it into alcohol, smoke it.
Same as every year.
Same as every year.
Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
Determined not to go down the Green Tomato Chutney route (but having zillions of cherry tomatoes to use, which have ripened all at once) I discovered how easy it is to roast them (with a smidgeon of olive oil, garlic and some rosemary.) They freeze well, and are brilliant tossed into spaghetti. The real bonus is that a pint bowl of tomatoes cooks down into enough sauce for three people, so it uses up a lot at once!
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Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
I spent Sunday evening making quince cheese. It is the first year I've had anything resembling ... an abundance .. from my Vranja tree. Seemed quite straightforward, but I don't know what it tastes like yet (recipe said to mature it for 4 months before eating).
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Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
Chilli-head wrote:It is the first year I've had anything resembling ... an abundance .. from my Vranja tree.
I get the impression that 'abundances' have been fairly selective this year. No need to leave secret parcels of courgettes on neighbours' doorsteps after nightfall and run away for instance! But we have a LOT of 'cooking' tomatoes....
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Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
I work on the principle if you can't make ice-cream from it, then you turn it into wine . . .
Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
I like the word glut, actually. Feels vulgar but warm on the tongue.
Re: How to use any 'over-abundances' from the garden
Aberlemno wrote:I work on the principle if you can't make ice-cream from it, then you turn it into wine . . .
Interesting you should say that - there was a recipe for quince ice cream in the telegraph weekend before last. Not done that one yet ! I presume you could make them into wine, but I also gather you can make a rather aromatic perry of sorts too - and probably a nice brandy if it were legal to do such things
We also found a recipe for roast pork with quince, which had chillies in it too. Rather nice - we tried it last weekend. Maybe your type of thing, Billy ?
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