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Ah, now that makes sense to me now... I was reading up on how you'd use polypores as plasters and the picture showed a different underside to 'my' mushroom. They definitely have gills. And they are all the same colour, I'll take my camera next time we go up there :)

Thanks Davie :)
Shame we can't eat it but it's good to know what it is, and what it could be used for.

I spotted these earlier and battle through ferns and bramble to get to them for photos, ok, not much of battle at this time of the year! They're growing on either a young oak or silver birch (didn't look at the tree sorry!), both of which we have growing in abundance in these woods. Sorry about the ...

Totally stunning, I'd have to find somewhere special to put them so they could be viewed all the time!

Pingu Noir... yes, very funny!

4 demijohns?! Oh I'd be crying!

Congratulations and welcome to Orren! He's gorgeous and you look great! xx

I know how you feel Bonnie, I have this picture on my desktop



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We've got orange on the go and I just put parsnip wine in the demi-john today. Got a long list of more to make :drunken: :lol: Gosh, that reminds me....MANY, MANY years ago I did a wine using parsnips and (orange)??? It's name was Westcott Schnapps I think. It had a HELLUVA punch. Anyone got any re...

We've got orange on the go and I just put parsnip wine in the demi-john today. Got a long list of more to make

Mmm, mushroom soup!
The one I used to make had breadcrumbs in it which I wasn't fond of but OH was. New recipe = no breadcrumbs!

Hello and welcome to Ishers!

I use this recipe Big Al shared http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... 91#p226124. For some reason I always need to add more water but it always turns out perfect

Yeah, I'll be keeping mine in my sewing room from now on!

It is the logical place to put it though... I mean, Pingu's dad and grandad stored and made wine in an igloo shed!

Thank you everyone, some great ideas to try out!
I always thought wine should be made in the glass dj's but now I know differently I can try even more

Thanks again

We've always used the glass ones, only because that's all we had access to. But after my tragic loss I've been wondering if the plastic dj's are maybe the route to go? Has anyone got experience of these ones? http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/5_ltr_Plastic_Demijohn_With_Cork_Bung.html I'v...