That time of year agin

Post by **Tater** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:06 am

If ya like fruits gotta love this time of year .Just started a peach wash and a blueberry wash as well.

Pieterpost · Post by **Pieterpost** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:51 am

Indeed! Got myself an apple wash and a blackberry one going !

I have to restrain myself from starting too much !

dye99 · Post by **dye99** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:31 am

I tried to make a blueberry wash but it smell rank, almost a rotten beer smell. I tried distilling it but it still smelled funky. What recipie did you use if you would be so kind as to offer it...

Uncle Remus · Post by **Uncle Remus** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:43 am

I did a wash with sour cherries 2 weeks ago...should be ready to run by the weekend. I made wine with sour cherries 2 years ago and didn't care for it much. This will be the first time I try distilling them... hopefully it will be a nice drink.

Post by **Tater** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:29 pm

dye99 wrote:I tried to make a blueberry wash but it smell rank, almost a rotten beer smell. I tried distilling it but it still smelled funky. What recipie did you use if you would be so kind as to offer it...

Recipe is in recipe section . I put a sticky on it .Also Im gonna take step by step pics on peach and berrys and will post if they come out and I can figure how to resize them.

UR can allways use cherry likker to soak cherrys in to make a liquer.Thats what Im gonna do with blueberrys and peaches.And hopefully some pears and plums as well

Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:06 pm

Oooo, my pears are almost ripe! My apples have at least a few more weeks to go. I can hardly wait.

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:11 pm

Made a trip 2 weekends ago and picked up 125 lbs. peaches and froze em.

Gonna work em up after labor day vacation.
Last years peach brandy was good, but i think ive learned a good bit since then.

Picked up a bunch of sweet corn too. Should make a nice likker. Never cut off that many nibblets in one settin. Anybody got any tips? Thought I might try a paint roller cleaning tool, new one that is.

level Joe · Post by **level Joe** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:49 pm

Sweet corn?

Electric carving knife, the kind with 2 serrated blades that sit side by side and move like a reciprocating saw.

Post by **theholymackerel** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:24 am

How about a corn sheller?

Like this one for 8$ : http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product ... %20sheller" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Or this BIG one for 180$ : http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product ... %20sheller" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:24 pm

thinks for the tips guys. i afraid the electric knife might get too much cob. Neat tool holy but my corn is fresh frozen, wait if its still frozen it might act like dry corn.

something to ponder for sure

drunk2much · Post by **drunk2much** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:26 pm

I stopped and pick about 8lbs of wild plumbs about two weeks agoon a county road. now i got to figure wherer i wanna make wine or a spirit and get a recipe for the things. A year is so hard to wait for good wine.