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Post by cinnabar on Sept 17, 2017 19:38:30 GMT -5
70 Lbs Good year, glad is was only one tree.
6 gallons of plum wine.
Plum pepper Chutney,, stewed plums, and plum cake.. I'm Plum tuckered out, plum loco, and plum crazy. All remaining plums will be eaten at will.
The Sugar Plum Fairy has left the building.
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Post by mach12 on Sept 17, 2017 20:00:31 GMT -5
We're the same here! We canned a bunch of them and I really look forward to having plums this winter. I put them in the fridge and chill them before serving them and man are they good. I've never tried doing chutney so will check that out. I made plum BBQ sauce last year and that's some awesome stuff too. Still have 12 pints of that so didn't do any more this year.
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Post by Chuckie on Sept 17, 2017 21:38:04 GMT -5
70 Lbs Good year, glad is was only one tree.
6 gallons of plum wine.
Plum pepper Chutney,, stewed plums, and plum cake.. I'm Plum tuckered out, plum loco, and plum crazy. All remaining plums will be eaten at will.
The Sugar Plum Fairy has left the building.
W-O-W, that's QUITE the ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!! (although I'm glad it was YOU dealing w/them, and not US!!! ) ENJOY the fruits of your labors all winter long, you deserve it!!! And although SORELY TEMPTED, I'll refrain from the plum jokes--you pretty much had 'em covered!!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by nana on Sept 18, 2017 13:55:53 GMT -5
Wow! That is a lot of plummy goodness! Let me ask, how did you juice them? And is that 6 gallons of pure juice, or mixed with water? I'm jealous. I love plums.
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Post by cinnabar on Sept 18, 2017 19:06:16 GMT -5
To juice them, mash pitted plums and pour boiling water over, let stand 2 days, drain off juice and boil. Pour boiled juice over sugar to dissolve and when temp is low enough, add yeast. When the yeast is done working the wine will clear and I siphon off several times to get it to my liking. There are other details which I won't bore you with, like peptic emzymes, multiplying the recipe X5, and other bits.
These plums are the size of pingpong balls, so it takes a while to prepare them. The ones that are left are dark and extra sweet now, I can munch down 7 or 8 with out a bit of trouble.
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 18, 2017 19:51:24 GMT -5
I'm jealous, but VERY impressed too! Plums are my favorite. I make a yummy plum-filled bread and stuff them in a savory stew. How long does it take until they yield? I think I need some fruit trees. I once accidentally made a fizzy plum wine with the syrup from canned plums that was the best thing EVER. Just wish I could duplicate it.
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Post by evangeline on Sept 19, 2017 7:24:10 GMT -5
Yeah! Stewed plums and cornbread! Chicken Marbella!
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Post by cinnabar on Sept 19, 2017 9:12:06 GMT -5
vaporvac, the tree was here when we bought the house and I don't know what variety it is. If it needs a pollinator it is not on my property. It bears fruit sporadically, so I take what I get when I get it. Got 100 lbs in 08, last year 8 plums total, crap shoot.
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Post by nana on Sept 19, 2017 14:01:59 GMT -5
It probably has a lot to do with the weather during the few days the blossoms are actually getting pollinated. This year is a pretty good one for apples, not as good as two years ago though. My trees are heavily laden on the bottom branches, and practically nothing on the top ones. Best I can figure is we had a few cold rainy days while it was blooming and the bees only went to the flowers that were out of the wet.
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Post by karitx on Sept 19, 2017 15:12:57 GMT -5
Nice! I bet your kitchen smelled really good during all that fun!
I planted two plum trees a couple years ago, one that has great fruit, but needs a pollinator, and one that makes nice blooms and is a good pollinator, but the fruit is "meh". Can you guess which one died?
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Post by nana on Sept 19, 2017 19:47:21 GMT -5
Yep!
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