Reply to: What are you having for christmas dinner?

[Diver]

Many years ago we used the following:

Ingredients:

the fruit of one melon
1 bag of brown sugar
1 pair of womens tights
1 bowl
1 door with handle

Mix the fruit and sugar together and put into one leg of the tights
Place bowl at bottom of door under door handle
Hang tights from door handle so foot of tights is over bowl
Wait some weeks and the resulting liquid is a horrible yet pleasantly soporific brandy style drink

Unwashed tights, preferably from an elderly relative with athletes foot and toenail fungus

[darmstadt]

HTF do you make schnapps at home? I want to have a go now...

Many years ago we used the following:

Ingredients:

the fruit of one melon
1 bag of brown sugar
1 pair of womens tights
1 bowl
1 door with handle

Mix the fruit and sugar together and put into one leg of the tights
Place bowl at bottom of door under door handle
Hang tights from door handle so foot of tights is over bowl
Wait some weeks and the resulting liquid is a horrible yet pleasantly soporific brandy style drink

[cailin maith]

In much the same way they make Poteen or other local illicit brews.

Crushed up potatoes/wheat/barley/other starchy base dumped into a large bin full of water. Add sugar and yeast, cover and leave to ferment for a week or so.

Drain off the liquid and distill to get the alchohol.

Drink at your own risk.

WHS

[DaveB]

HTF do you make schnapps at home? I want to have a go now...

In much the same way they make Poteen or other local illicit brews.

Crushed up potatoes/wheat/barley/other starchy base dumped into a large bin full of water. Add sugar and yeast, cover and leave to ferment for a week or so.

Drain off the liquid and distill to get the alchohol.

Drink at your own risk.

[BlackenedBiker]

I'm consulting "To Serve Man" for this year's repast.

Can I suggest the "men" you serve

[EternalOptimist]

One year at home we had two homemade puds and lots of dinner guests so Mum put the two round puds together in one large bowl to steam - they looked just like a huge fruity bum - tasted fantastic - Oh how we laughed..

- well we were all pissed at the time

mm, you cant beat a fruity bum.

well you can, I suppose

[threaded]

Pheasant, preferably road kill even if I have to chase it over a field.

Oddly enough two bits of road kill at the end of my drive this morning, a pheasant and a cat. And I always thought cats ignored road-kill.

[SantaClaus]

Pot Noodle, yum

[BlackenedBiker]

Pud Plod

That's voodooflux, Shirley?

Didn't they "pull" George Michael a while back????

[darmstadt]

HTF do you make schnapps at home? I want to have a go now...

Don't know, I get given bottles of it for doing a local community website although I did once get given a bottle in Zagreb when going to see the Croatia-Scotland match. Try this

(There is actually a shop here that has stills for sale, maybe I'll get one for Christmas.)

[Pogle]

One year at home we had two homemade puds and lots of dinner guests so Mum put the two round puds together in one large bowl to steam - they looked just like a huge fruity bum - tasted fantastic - Oh how we laughed..

- well we were all pissed at the time

[RichardCranium]

What, are you the pudding police?

Pud Plod

That's voodooflux, Shirley?

[Diver]

What, are you the pudding police?

[cailin maith]

Hmmmnnn pudding.... yum!

[Pogle]

So you don't cook it by steaming it tied in a muslin bag? (Which is why it is round)

What, are you the pudding police?