Is this a damson?

preparedsurrey · Post by **preparedsurrey** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:28 pm

Spotted these whilst out blackberrying today as well as a few raspberry canes

am I correct thinking they are they damsons? Fruit has green flesh with a large stone and the juice is reasonably bitter. Are they nice for anything other than damson gin/ vodka?

Thank you

preppingsu · Post by **preppingsu** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:09 pm

That's possibly a sloe berry. The way to check is if the branches have thorns as the bush will be a blackthorn.

If it's sloe, then sloe gin and then use the left over berries to make sloe chocolates.

http://www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-s ... -chocolate

If it's damsons then jam, damson cheese and damson chutney.

tigs · Post by **tigs** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:17 am

Yep looks like my slope berries

Post by **jansman** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:32 pm

Yep! Thems sloes. Fruit of the blackthorn. Related to Damsons though I believe.

Post by **itsybitsy** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:02 pm

Random question re: sloes.

Where on earth do you find them? Is it pot luck?

Post by **jansman** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:28 pm

Look in any hedgerow right now and you will find them. Cannot mistake them for anything else. Plus they grow on wicked thorny branches.

preparedsurrey · Post by **preparedsurrey** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:52 pm

jansman wrote:Look in any hedgerow right now and you will find them. Cannot mistake them for anything else. Plus they grow on wicked thorny branches.

Looks like I'm making sloe vodka then sloe chocolate later

preppingsu · Post by **preppingsu** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:51 pm

Best picked after the first frost but they will probably be all picked by then.

Instead pick and put them in the freezer, defrost them so when you make your gin/vodka you don't need to spend hours pricking holes in them.

Hamradioop · Post by **Hamradioop** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:47 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_spinosa

uk-preppers.co.uk

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