[Sca-cooks] Plum loco

[Susan Fox-Davis]

My parents have two plum trees just dripping, even drooping with fruit.
Cherry-sized golden plums and slightly larger purple-red plums.  I came
home last night with three bags full and learned some useful things.

1.  The Juiceman Juicing Machine is not necessarily the most efficient
way of making juice from soft fruit.

2.  Plumstones and gunstones both travel at a high velocity.  ZOUNDS!

I gave up on the juicer after the first bag, although I now have two
liters of wonderful nectar with I will freeze and use later.  The reds I
will make my traditional Plum Butter, which is just equal parts plum
puree and sugar, cooked until thickish.  Maybe do a batch with honey for
that really, really historical effect, but it's going to take a long
long time to cook.

Plum vinegar [now there's a potential jalab!], plum brandy, plum vodka,
I'm plumb tired out already and the tree hardly looks like I've been
picking.  Any more ideas, period recipes or such?

Selene the rosy-fingered