I don't know when the best time to pick them is, but my greengrocer has them now. My first thought when I saw them was 'jam' rather than 'gin'
What's the best time to pick damsons?
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Anna
Not about damsons, but sloes. My bottle of Asda washing up liquid is Sloe Berry and Passion Fruit, how perfectly weird is that? Sloes don't have any fragrance and what happened to old fashioned Fairy or own-brand lemon flavour washing up liquid?
I usually get Victoria Plums from a neighbour's tree, but it seems their crop has failed this year. The blackberries are super abundant this year, as are the apples but the pears are dismal.
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Originally posted by Anna View PostNot about damsons, but sloes. My bottle of Asda washing up liquid is Sloe Berry and Passion Fruit, how perfectly weird is that? Sloes don't have any fragrance and what happened to old fashioned Fairy or own-brand lemon flavour washing up liquid?
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Fairy Liquid still very much available, and is what we have always used....
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostDave wants to pick "damsons", not "damsels", Anna!
But it's been a disastrous year for our damsons in Herefordshire, in contrast with the bumper crops of the last two years. Very sad. I haven't seen any yet in the greengrocers, either. Maybe other parts of the country have fared better?
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
Fairy Liquid still very much available, and is what we have always used....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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amateur51
Fairy Liquid
Now is that something that fairies exude?
Or is it what results from blending ripe fairies?
I think we should be told
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostQuite. I imagine the air at Chateau Vinrouge is heavy with the scent of 'Pomegranate and Honeysuckle'?
never has your : yikes : emoticon been better deployed...
My main struggle in life (continuing my late father's un-ending battle... ) is the obtaining of pong-free washing up liquids, kitchen cleaners, bathroom bleaches, and the like. Surprisingly difficult.
I used to be a stickler for pong-free soaps too, and thought Simple a very good idea. Of recent years I have come round to accepting Roger & Gallet Extra-Vieille... Mme V has a lot to answer for...
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Anna
Well, I'm not sure about Fairy Liquid but obviously vinteuil's usage of it accounts for his perfect, glowing, peachy-bloom complexion ...... (Hands that do dishes are as soft as your face ..........) I admit I do tend to go for the more exotic fragranced ones, like Lemon Grass and Chinese Five Spice
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Originally posted by Anna View PostWell, I'm not sure about Fairy Liquid but obviously vinteuil's usage of it accounts for his perfect, glowing, peachy-bloom complexion ...... (Hands that do dishes are as soft as your face ..........) I admit I do tend to go for the more exotic fragranced ones, like Lemon Grass and Chinese Five Spice
Wild blackberries seem in abundance (a bun dance) this year; yesterday I saw something not seen since childhood - people with punnets out gathering from a roadside hedge! A sign of the hard times, all that free Vit C not going to waste?
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