Preparing for Uncertainty and Self Reliance

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SuburbanFarmer wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:46 pm
C-Mag wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:43 pm 10 gallons of Shiro Plums picked tonight. Suggestions on preserving ?


That was one tree. I have one more tree a little smaller and two tiny ones to go.
Wow nice harvest! There are a bunch of good ideas here:

http://www.backwoodshome.com/preserving-plums/
Pickled Plums :think: Hmmm Thanks

I'm thinking I'm going to do some hole canned plums, then the bulk of it will be a jam base, with variations. I want to make a few jars of savory jams to use as glazes on pork and chicken.

Might just have to try pickled plums
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Wine.
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or brandy.
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Okeefenokee wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:01 pm or brandy.
Now that sounds good.
Not set up for it. But I will have a small distillery in the future.

I think first thing I'm doing with them is making a BBQ Sauce on the stove tomorrow. Just got some tomatoes out of the garden too and we killed a jar of my standard sauce in the last week eating the Fred Flintstone Ribs from the Beef I butchered in the Spring.
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Anyone out there done any distilling ?

I've been looking at these relatively cheap copper stills

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5 Gallon one is $250
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Plum Jam. I like to season it cinnamon and some star anise.
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Plum and ginger chutney.
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The Japanese make a nice plum wine.
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Hastur wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:58 am The Japanese make a nice plum wine.
That's for all the recommendations folks. I'll let you know how it comes out.

These are small yellow Asian plums, Shiro I think they are named.
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C-Mag wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:41 pm Anyone out there done any distilling ?


My FIL distils a lot. His rig is not even that fancy. He just uses kegs with the tops cut off that have a large inverted funnel with a tube hanging off.

Regarding the mash, he has those large blue barrels and fills them with corn or rice and water and tosses in these brewers yeast balls. I could find out amounts and proportions if asked. Anyway, the stuff could peel paint.