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Hi Everyone,

I'm thinking of rearing my own turkey for next years Christmas dinner but have no idea where to start. Any tips and advice gratefully received

Many thanks, and a happy and properous new year to all

Karen x

Hey guys I am new and found this thread very interesting. As a further progression on this idea have any of you considered freezing the finished "alcoholic water" to see what happens? I have heard that alcohol doesn't freeze at the same temperature as water, therefor, I imagine that the w...

I just bought double cream from Morrisons!! It's still ok-well whats left of it It was really easy with the old kenwood, I'd recommend it to anyone to give it a try.

Well, I can report that homemade butter is absolutley gorgeous!!! I used a pint of double cream and half teaspoon salt at the end, which yielded 11.5 oz. I'm not quite sure if I've done the washing bit right though. I drained off the buttermilk, using a plastic sieve then washed it through a few tim...

That's about it ... use the buttermilk to make the most delicious scones and then your butter to spread on them, maybe with homemade strawberry jam, it don't get much better then that ! Thanks Odsox :angel13: I've got my cream and the KC prepped so I'm going to try some this afternoon.................

Thanks MKG, I wasn't sure if it was ok to drink whilst still fermenting. I've just tried a bit and it is YUMMY!! Quite sweet,-I put 1kg sugar andthe whole lot is made up to a gallon-but very very nice!! Only problem is I have so many people wanting to try it that I may just have to get another batch...

Has any body here made their own butter?? I've been searching the interweb for a way to make butter at home but the ways vary from the very basic 'shake cream in a jar until it seperates' to the seemingly over complicated'sour cream, leave for 2 days blah blah blah' :? I'm going to experiment but ju...

£60 on a second hand Kenwood chef, but it was only secondhand in so much as it had been taken out of the box and used twice!! It saves me time and money every week.

Hi Everyone,
I've been following this thread for a while and finally decided to start my AW about 2 1/2 weeks ago. So far so good but it's still bubbling away at about 1 per 15-20 seconds through the airlock. Any ideas how much longer it'll go for??

Thank you Luath Should be just about ready Christmas/new year It's bubbling through every 3 seconds at the mo, which I find quite satisfying! The alcholic water has just started a bubbling too, I'm hoping that should be ready much quicker

Hi All, I have AT LAST got round to making this wine. I made it monday and by tuesday it was going berserk so put the demijohn in the bath!! by today (weds) it has calmed down but still bubbling nicely!! this is only my 2nd attempt at homemade wine so am not sure on a couple of things. Firstly, how ...

garlic AND cider! what more could a body ask for? Now theres a thought Garlic Cider Garlic and Cider ...it's the future! Or how about hard core chillie cider :shock: quote] We have a huge Garlic festival here every August and they make EVERYTHING with garlic!! Including garlic bear and garlic ice c...

Thurston Garden wrote:Ahoy!

(you a proper corkhead? I used to live in HMNB in Pompy - didnae like it lol)

yup! I'm a proper caulkhead. I lived in Pompey foe a couple of years too, when I was 18 and I'm afraid I didn't like it too much either-sorry to any Pomponians here

I met a lady through my local freecycle group who re-homes battery hens here on the IOW. My 3 aren't ex-bat but we did save the 1st one from an uncertain future and the other 2 we acquired from another local who was splitting up their flock. I have room for a couple more and am just waiting for the ...

Many thanks for all your warm welcomes, it's great to meet like minded people. Well I tried the fat free chooccy cake which went down well with all the family though some weren't so sure once I told them it was full of prunes :roll: I thought it was good and will defo be doing that one again, it wa...