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 Topic: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
Giulia
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 Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 11:10 am Subject: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
Thank you Judith.... , that Sacl�! never knew that Sacl� was doing Pesto... but well, I'm not a big jars buyer!
I'm definitely with you Judith, the real thing is much much much better, but if in an " ... |
| Topic: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
Giulia
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 11:00 am Subject: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
| Sorry for asking: what is Sacla? |
| Topic: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
Giulia
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 8:16 pm Subject: Pesto: any experiences of making? |
Actually the REAL pesto calls for mature pecorino cheese rather than parmesan cheese... but of course you can skip either!
If you are growing your own basil and if you find the seeds, make sure that ... |
| Topic: Off grid in Spain |
Giulia
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Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 8:07 pm Subject: Off grid in Spain |
| This sounds very interesting! Where about in North East Spain? |
| Topic: Ideas for Quince |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Oct 14, 06 7:43 pm Subject: Ideas for Quince |
Have you sweetened the liqueuer yet? Some flavours are very hard to taste unless you have some sweetness to carry them. Thats why, incidentally, makers of lip balm have to add a sweetener to it or t ... |
| Topic: Ideas for Quince |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Oct 11, 06 6:38 pm Subject: Ideas for Quince |
Thank you soooo much!
So, it IS as tricky as making "grapes wine" after all 
And you explanation makes clear how you can have flowers wine!!!
I'd love to spend some time in the UK learning Bri ... |
| Topic: Ideas for Quince |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Oct 11, 06 5:41 pm Subject: Ideas for Quince |
Gil, a question (useful info for us non UK downsizers)
what do you (you UK citizens, I mean) mean by wine? Is it just like "normal" wine from grapes? You take out the juice and let ferment? Wine from ... |
| Topic: Ideas for Quince |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Oct 11, 06 4:11 pm Subject: Ideas for Quince |
I was wondering: would you use Japanese quinces (Chaenomeles) to make liqueurs, jellies, etc.?
I have tonns of those and they smell sooo deli!
About quince liqueur: I tried one a few years ago with ... |
| Topic: Quince seeds |
Giulia
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Oct 11, 06 3:57 pm Subject: Quince seeds |
| I was looking for information about using Chaenomeles fruits (Japanese quince) for liqueurs, jellies, etc. and I found this thread... any recipe to suggest? Should I "treat" them as "normal" quinces?
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| Topic: Canning and pasteurising |
Giulia
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Jul 03, 06 9:50 am Subject: Canning and pasteurising |
| I bought a little home pasteuriser but there's no instructions in the box.... I would like to use it to avoid my apricots in syrup turning up so soft, they are perfectly nice for eating but they're no ... |
| Topic: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Jul 01, 06 12:30 pm Subject: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
I added a few herbs and spices to Alison's cure and the result was really nice! I cured small bits (about 1/1,5 kg) of ham and then boiled them with lots of carrot and celery bits.
For 1 kg salt cure ... |
| Topic: Locanda della Valle Nuova organic country inn in Italy |
Giulia
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Fri Jun 30, 06 1:49 pm Subject: Locanda della Valle Nuova organic country inn in Italy |
| We started growing organic in 1983 (well, my parents did as I was just 8 years old) in Le Marche, a most unknown part of Italy, east of Umbria and Tuscany and in 1999 we decided to share our place and ... |
| Topic: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 07, 06 6:47 pm Subject: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
| After 5 days curing with Alison's cure and 1 day soaking my 1.3 kg bit pork was boiled yesterday. This morning my guests said: "are you sure that it's the first time you make this???", I liked it a lo ... |
| Topic: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue May 30, 06 8:30 pm Subject: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Thank you dougal for your very informative post about brining!
And thank you everybody for your comments.
I'm now trying Alison's cure on a bit (about 1 kg) of pork, next I will try the brining (jui ... |
| Topic: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Giulia
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat May 27, 06 8:08 pm Subject: Question for Alison about bacon cure |
Thank you very much Alison, it's so kind of you!
I will also kill a pig in a week or two and I wanted to test a bit before I have ALL that meat! 
I will let you know how the testing goes on!
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