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Title: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: chriscross1966 on September 20, 2011, 13:29:06

Put in two sets of tomatoes, three sets of chillies in the peppers class and a pot of jam..

Won and came third in peppers and (amid mutterings of discontent when they realised a man had won it) a first place for my jam.... the first time I've ever made jam and I beat the collective might of a Home Counties village WI..... dead chuffed.....

My award winning jam recipe:

3.2Kg of blackberries
4Kg of jam sugar.
Glass of LBV Port.

Take a sip from the port to steady your nerves, put other half a glass in a massive saucepan with the (washed etc) blackberries. Wave a potato masher through it a couple of times to start the breakdown and turn the heat on medium, start stirring it and keep stirring it till it just starts to boil.
Add the sugar, on a low heat keep stirring it lots until the sugar dissolves (easy enough to see, the gritty texture goes from the liquid.)
Rais heat to high, and keep stirring till the mixture boils, turn down to medium, keep stirring and set timer for four minutes.
Keep stirring while the joil roils for the four minutes, when timer goes off turn off the heat and you can finally take a rest from stirring.
Ladle jam into jars that have been boiled up to sterilise, fit lids and leave somewhere to cool down.....
chrisc

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: pansy potter on September 20, 2011, 14:53:46

 ;D

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: cornykev on September 20, 2011, 14:57:18

Your dead meat Chriscross, some of them WI'ers can be pretty tough and unforgiving.        :o           ;)

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: grannyjanny on September 20, 2011, 15:25:09

Well done Chris. i bet you weren't cross ;) ;D.

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: Digeroo on September 20, 2011, 15:26:25

Beating the WI at jam.  Watch out they might have you on a calendar next.

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: pumkinlover on September 20, 2011, 15:51:20

 ;D ;D ;D at Digeroo and CK!
congrats Chris

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: lisaparkin on September 24, 2011, 22:25:37

Well Done!!

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: macmac on September 24, 2011, 23:17:57

Well done Chris  :)
We always help out at our local show setting up and then clearing away but I've never got the showing thing.Reading your post I get your showing but some of the folk I've encountered are so competitive and one guy has been witnesssed switching stuff/pinching to get a result  :o
Growing/making something your proud of I totally understand but pinching somebody elses efforts ???

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: pansy potter on September 25, 2011, 06:57:18

Some folks just have to win. Losing is unthinkable to them >:(

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: Squash64 on September 25, 2011, 07:02:42

Well done Chris!  :)

Also  ;D  ;D  ;D at Digeroo and Kev!

Title: Re: Entered my first show at the weekend
Post by: Kea on October 05, 2011, 13:08:30

Quote from: cornykev on September 20, 2011, 14:57:18

Your dead meat Chriscross, some of them WI'ers can be pretty tough and unforgiving.        :o           ;)

You should try the flower arrangers...entered that last year as first time and won.
Nearly got punched!!!

Won same one again this year so it wasn't a fluke...other lady seemed more relaxed about it this time.