What was I thinkin: Simple chemistry in the Kitchen

[johncinquo]

Man sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself.  We have raspberries along with everything else coming ripe right now.  We picked a whole bunch of raspberries and decide to make jam and jelly.  Got em all mashed up, measured out, and was going to town.  Decided to make one just raspberries, then a couple different batches with mixed berries.  Well first batch was finished at about 10PM so we decided that was enough for one night.  To save time the next day I poured a batch into the pot, added the sugar, a lil lemon, slapped the lid on and called it a day.   Came home the next day in the afternoon and couldnt help but notice the smell.  The lid on the pot was clinkin away and I knew something was odd.   Uhh ohh,   Sugar, fruit, natural yeast that is present on everything.....   I was making ETOH in the kitchen.  Yep, seems it started to ferment nicely and on its way to becoming wine.   :D  I doctored it up with a few things I have from home brewing I have done in the past and now I have about 4 gallons that should be ready later this fall.  Multiberry wine coolers around the campfire. 
The rest of the batches cam out just fine though.  Fresh and delicious!  Tried to post some pics but that seems to have changed since I did it last (no Jpegs?)  and no time to fiure it out right now.   
Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

[Roxie]

Soooooo, you accidentally made wine?   ??? 
This sounds like the stories my kids used to tell me...they accidentally bought a dirt bike once.   :

[Furby]

Soooooo, you accidentally made wine?   ??? 
This sounds like the stories my kids used to tell me...they accidentally bought a dirt bike once.   :

:D :D :D :D :D :D
Yeah sure John, it wasn't planned at all eh? ;D

[Don P]

Tutti Frutti
All rooti  8) 8)



Michelle's got a blueberry buckle in the oven now, things are smellin pretty good  8)

Dad came home one time and I was accidently making moonshine...he didn't buy that one either  :

[chet]

I keep tellin' myself dat someday I gotta try to accidently make some home brew.   

[sawguy21]

Accidents will happen :D :D :D :D :D

[SwampDonkey]

Since there hasn't been much else to do lately, I've picked about 16 litres (4 gallons) of raspberries in the last 4 days. My fridge is getting pretty full.

[ohsoloco]

Swampdonkey, what do you do with all those berries  ???  I try to only pick enough that I'll use that day or very soon.  I've had raspberries stored in the fridge get moldy within a day  :(     I should've picked some to freeze.  There's not too many left around here

[sawguy21]

Do what johncinquo did. Toss some sugar in and leave them for a day or so. WHEEE

[SwampDonkey]

ohsoloco,

I freeze mine in the freezer unit of the fridge, 2 litres to a bag, and I eat what I can by keeping 2 litres of fresh picked in the refridgeration part. I usually consume a litre a day. They'll keep a week in  my fridge if I have to. It's hard to keep up when ya pick 2 or 3 buckets a day. ;D They'll soon slow down, but I just can't let them go to waste.