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chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:34 pm Post subject: Tonight I will mostly ...
... be stripping two bucketfuls of elderberries off their stems

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:34 pm Post subject:
I used to keep an afro comb for that job

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:35 pm Post subject:
Fork, I thought.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:36 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Fork, I thought.

Same to you.

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:36 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Fork, I thought.

At the same time as stripping elderberries? Isn't that taking multi-tasking to extremes........

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 4:37 pm Post subject:
Baggage. I think I'm just going to freeze them after that, though. Haven't got the head-space to do anything else.

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 5:05 pm Post subject:
Get a scratch comb from your local builder's merchant. It's ideal for stripping berries.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 5:50 pm Post subject:
Fab, I will have a look tomorrow when I got on my Plywood Offcut Search .

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 6:52 pm Post subject:
Tonight at some point I should destalk and freeze the rowanberries I picked yesterday. All sorts of things I should have done earlier and haven't - but will I do them this evening ?

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 7:03 pm Post subject:
I just use my fingers - I always know where they are, so it saves the exhausting special tool hunt before I start stripping.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 8:01 pm Post subject:
Leave em on, I do. I just strain em through muslin or the like. A berry picker is quite easy to make too, I am hunting for a link to a tutorial. Useful

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 8:10 pm Post subject:
I've got 5.3 kilos - I reckon that's enough for three gallons of wine. If I top up to three gallons and mash it, how many campden tablets should I add overnight to kill the wild yeasts before I add the 'proper' yeast tomorrow? I think one per gallon - or should it be two?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 8:13 pm Post subject:
I never bother. If you're using one of the Gervin yeasts or similar it'll out-compete the wild yeasts before they even get going.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 8:19 pm Post subject:
Thanks, Sean. It's smelling a bit lively, though ... . Hmm. I will go and look in the Yeast Draw.

sean
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 8:22 pm Post subject:
IIRC Campden tabs don't kill the wild yeasts, just stun them. You might as well just chuck the proper yeast in. (IMHO. YMMV. If it turns out disgusting it's your fault for taking advice from an internet weirdo.)

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