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Ghdp

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Conwy
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2016, 09:01:17 pm »


marrow rum
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Really?? How?

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2016, 11:49:42 pm »
Better tell me what am I supposed to do with a 10kg marrow?!?!


My mum used to make marrow and ginger jam and it was wonderful

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
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Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2016, 09:33:02 am »
I love stuffed marrow.  And fried marrow.  Marrow in soup. 

And marrow's just a big courgette, right?  So anything you can do with courgette.  What about getting a spiraliser and having marrow spaghetti?

But 10kgs?  !!   :o.  First off, you want to find a show to put it in!   :D
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pgkevet

  • Joined Jul 2011
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2016, 10:02:17 am »


marrow rum

Really?? How?


Various recipes on the web.. essentially slice off top, hollow the soft centre, pack with brown or demarara sugar +/- raisins, replace top and peg on with a couple of sticks, hang the whole thing in a string bag and wait some weeks before making a drain/collection hole in the bottom.

Having said that i only ever tried in once and the stuff that came out didn't look safe to drink :-(

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2016, 10:03:38 pm »
I love stuffed marrow.  And fried marrow.  Marrow in soup. 

And marrow's just a big courgette, right?  So anything you can do with courgette.  What about getting a spiraliser and having marrow spaghetti?

But 10kgs?  !!   :o.  First off, you want to find a show to put it in!   :D
I love them too. Was dreaming of them the entire winter but I've grown sooooooo many this year we are all sick of them lol
Didn't eat them for a month now haha
The funny thing is there are still some marrows growing!
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cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2016, 09:04:45 pm »
Better tell me what am I supposed to do with a 10kg marrow?!?!


 You'll walk funny for weeks if you do  :roflanim:
 
 We have each been eating a three inch thick tube of peeled marrow each . 
Sweat it in a little butter for a few seconds in a pan . decant it into a microwavable dish and give it a tiny tiny  just noticeable sprinkle of a crumbled up oxo cube over over it .

Microwave with cling film or a Pyrex lid on the dish   for 3 min , uncover  turn it over in the dish to dissolve the Oxo cube salt  and nuke for another minute or so . Till the cell structure starts to drop a smidgeon .
 It will be squishy if you press a teaspoon on it serve with gravy and the ret of th meal .

 We eat the marrow like this instead of having potatoes with the meal as it's a way of helping me keep my weight down .

 It is also a good thickener for broth based soups & thin  stews when it's peeled and reduced to mush during the  cooking time .  Just allow for the water content if your measuring exact volumes of warer  .
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2016, 12:05:46 am »
Parcels of grass-reared Rare Breed Hebridean hogget with Herbes de Provence and black pepper

Hogget sausages?  They sound great - any chance of a recipe?  :thumbsup:


Sorry [member=2128]Womble[/member] I didn't see this - must have been when my computer was dead (for three weeks  :o  )


The way I make them is to take them along to my butcher  :roflanim:


I have made my own, but my butcher (Jim Cairns in Law - that's a place to those of you from far away) has perfected a recipe which works for us.  I send the hoggets off at 16 months, have back the gigots, shoulders and chops, then everything else is made into sausages and burgers - same recipes for both.  He adds a sausage mix ie rusk and flavourings, because 100% sheep meat in a sausage is just too hard and dry and sometimes a little pork fat.  I then add my own flavourings, which he sticks into the mix.  My usual recipes use Herbes de Provence with plenty of black pepper, or chillies and black pepper, or North African spices.  You could try red currant jelly, or apple, or anything else you can dream up.  I think mint is a total waste of time as you can't taste it in the sausages, as it's the vinegar which is the vital ingredient in mint sauce.
I tend not to use the sausages or burgers in the usual way.  Burgers usually get made into curry, and the sausages will be served with gravy, mash and veggies - apple sauce goes quite well if it's hot.
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Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2016, 09:07:02 am »
Have you ever thought of hiring out Mr F to fire up hot air balloons  :roflanim:

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2016, 12:48:43 pm »
Have you ever thought of hiring out Mr F to fire up hot air balloons  :roflanim:


Na - we have dragons for that  :eyelashes:
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Re: How the heck are we going to eat all of this?
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2016, 08:55:55 pm »
Lol

 

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