The gooseberries are ripe

Unless my neighbors have stolen all fruit and left none for me, I will do a jelly with Rowan.

 

Rowan gives a bit of bitterness/acidity.
I thought it could give an interesting taste cobo.

Explain about the Service tree drink. Only effect from the Alcohol, or any other 'spiritual inducing' agent in it?

It is thought the Norse mixed certain mushrooms into their mead for an extra festive beverage that heightened the party mood..

 

A good reason as any!


There are two different Service trees, one has larger apples. I tasted those years ago, and the various products, in Moravia ( eastern part of Czech republic).
They make all sorts of stuff, including a strong ’cider’ (or weakish ’wine’). They called it ‘wine’ but it is more like a Cider.

Do not remember the name of the place though.

Edit. Close to Brno it was.

 

Rowan berries is best used after frost (or cheating with the freezer). Takes away a little of the bitterness they say.
I`we made jelly from rowan berries (frozen) only once , but I mixed it with an apple.
Was very good with meat dishes (instead of lingonberry jam).

 

Yes, traditionally we let them undergo a night or two of frost. Same with sloans.

I am a bit @nal with my teeth, and dislike any seeds in my food. Do you leave them in or somehow separate?
Mother used to (by tradition) remove the seeds from her Raspberry preserves.

 

Oh dear disaster! Picked my lovely gooseberrys, prepped them, put into jam pan switched on the cooker , then decided to hoover the hall while I waited for them to start boiling. Got sidetracked with a phone call and suddenly there was a nasty smell... yes you guessed it... burnt to a cinder. the air was blue in more ways than one! Pan cleaning duty deferred untill tomorrow. Soooo cross with myself. Only have one bush so the whole crop was in there. Pal on phone has come to rescue though. She has offered me some of her vast crop. So alls well in the end.... apart from the pan cleaning.

 

$hit happens!
I have burned my Mango Jam a couple of times. As we have an open plan house, our noses detected the smell very early, and most could be saved, every time.

In fact, now I try to get the jam 'caramelised' each time, brings another flavor level to it.

If we burn food, we immerse the pan in the (sea water) canal. Seems to help dissolving it better than just plain water.
Try to soak it with lots of salt in the water and see if you can feel a difference!

 

Vinegar works with an overnight soak then a scrub with a stainless steel scrubby and astonish oven cleaner paste. Will be a ten minute job with luck.

 

10 minutes?
Not when I have been cooking!

 

I know! The whole thing hurt! Pan is now clean took a bit longer than I thought about 20 mins to clean. What a waste of time and energy. Still as Janne says poo happens. Think I'll stick to crumbles instead of jam ! Just as tasty.

 

I find that sugar that burns to the pan is more difficult to remove than other foods.

Or to be truthful, that is what wife says, as it is shr that does the washing up.