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| Stage 1 - Gather Ye Ingredients, Sloes, Sugar and GIN, lots of GIN |
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| Stage 2. Wash, destalk and despider ye sloes, prick them with ye olde spiky cat brush. |
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| Stage 3. 500mls gin, 400g sloes, 150g sugar, shake shake shake till mid December |
Today I have mostly been Christmas (apologies for using the 'C' word in September) shopping with my mum and dad, we went to a local hedgerow and picked about 10kg of sloes. Then I went to the local supermarket and bought 11 x 70cl bottles of gin and a 5kg bag of sugar (and something for dinner! Imagine the funny looks I got on a Sunday afternoon!)
The sloes are now steeping gently in the sugar and gin, by mid December they will flavour and colour the gin, which I will strain and decant into gift bottles for Christmas pressies.
A good day's work. (Any suggestions where I can get cheap or free 500ml glass bottles with lids would be most welcome. The cheapest on the interwebs I've found is £2 each plus postage.
