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  1. DesertDance

    Time to Plant the Cuttings

    Some of them are calloused, and some are, well, how do you tell? Some are from UC DAVIS, and some are from my vines. Here is my big job today. The containers came from Monarch, and they are beautiful! Air punched for air pruning. I am humbled by what they sent! 3 trays that will hold...
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    Quick recipe main dishes-idle chit chat

    there is nothing better in this life than a vineyard, and some really good sourdough starter. Vineyard being the most important.
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    Quick recipe main dishes-idle chit chat

    So go over there, beg, and get some of his starter, paint it on parchment, and send half to me. OK? In return, I will send you mine. It makes great pizza dough and waffles. But if you pm your address, I'll send some of my tangy starter to you! Lose the ketchup!! Suz
  4. DesertDance

    Quick recipe main dishes-idle chit chat

    Ok. You win! You disappoint me. I had you nailed as a gourmet! You were my guru.. but.. Even gurus have their ketchup moments? Here is my little sweet challenge. spread some of your sourdough starter on some parchment, and let it dry, package it up, and send it to me. I'll do the same...
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    Quick recipe main dishes-idle chit chat

    I have this to say about that. Ketchup is automatically served with eggs in Vegas. Jeeze. I'd leave the ketchup out, and put in something a little more exciting, like maybe real tomatoes? Nix the sugar!! The onion and garlic are golden. The ketchup brings a worry to my brow which is not...
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    Ancestry and grapes

    I got the dormant cuttings. They came wrapped in plastic in a fed ex box with wet paper towels here and there. I was blown away at the quality of the cuttings. Most are thicker than pencil thin, 14 to 15 inches long with buds about to burst. Some already are callused, with tiny roots...
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    You Think Birds are a problem?

    Have a little Sugar in your Tea, Darling Is there an animal that preys on those creatures? If so, I'd hire a few, stake em out there to protect my vines!! Of course I'd fear that my guardian might eat me too!!
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    Ancestry and grapes

    I got Cinsaut, Alicante Bouschet, Assirtico, Charbono, Daphnata, Lagorthi, Liatico, Mandilaria, Syarah, Touriga, Zinfandel, Kotzifali, and Primitivo de gioia #473. I copied their entire list into excel, then sorted by country to find the ones I ordered. They don't say what zone the varieties...
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    How do the commercial guys start their plants?

    I am a huge believer in starting grape vines from cuttings. Here is a link for you. Get your order in prior to June. Their deadline is Dec, but first come first served. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=12254 We need to do research, so our blends will be perfection! Gregmg seems...
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    Ancestry and grapes

    Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to research the UC Davis website, and get cuttings from your homeland! UC Davis is here: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=12254 I put my order in for Greek, Spanish, and Aussie grapes, and I got 5 cuttings each. Except for the one Greek...
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    Ordering my vines couple quick questions?

    One of my best memories was in PA, on Columbus Day. I was in sales, and my customers were closed! Who knew? Columbus day? Whatever. I see this sign with an arrow: "Wine tasting." My steering wheel was on auto turn, and soon I pulled up in front of this incredible huge house with a very...
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    Almond Wine

    I have tasted both versions of my pecan wine. They have a lot of body. You could almost chew them. They are high alcohol. They are reminiscent of Jim Beam... Gentleman Jim. I toasted my pecans, so no need for oak in this wine. It's pretty toasty, and very dry at this point. As rackings go...
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    Danny Wikens' Garlic Stuffed Filet

    Thank you so much arcticsid! I've never tasted this particular steak, but you make it sound so good, it might be worth splattering grease all over my stove! Looking forward to the sauce too!" So many times we hear "dont do this or that," but we don't know why, so we think, "what can it hurt?"...
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    Pecan Wine Recipe?

    Floating Pecan Oil Well, Henry, I'm all ears!! you figured out something to sop up that oil? Could you make it.. like... simple? A brand or something of this, and a link of where to get it? And how to use it? Like we need a map! 1, 2, 3, 4... Seems wasteful to rack off all that oil...
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    What is your WEIRDEST wine you made?

    I tried that milk wine recipe that was in a thread here last year. The color was green, I kid you not, and I did it because I wanted the high alcohol cheese that was a bi product of the stuff. I hated the cheese, and I dumped the wine.
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    Well this blows...

    Mike, there is a site that is full of lots of remedies from people who suffer similar symptoms. Warning! A lot people on there are vegans, so sometimes it makes you nauseous just reading all their "cures," but that site was immensely helpful to me. I have no insurance, and found myself one...
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    Well this blows...

    What a tragedy! You have mentioned "beer" but not wine. The Bible recommends 1. 1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. 1 Timothy 5:22-24 (in Context) 1 Timothy 5 (Whole Chapter), so maybe "wine" is key? If God said...
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    Link for some "unconventional" wine recipes

    License to Experiment! I loved that site! Simple recipes. No fuss! Makes you think you can ferment just about anything! I'd like to try an onion, roasted garlic, roasted tomato wine mainly for cooking. And if it turns to vinegar, so much the bettah!! Suzi
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    Skeeter Pee Revisited

    It's an early drinker. Nothing complex about it. You will need to sweeten it because nobody drinks straight sour lemon, which this is, except it's got alcohol now.
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    Pecan Wine Recipe?

    Version 2, Pecan Wine Recipe Hey non-Grapenut! I'm starting to save small screw top glass bottles (like soy sauce, salad dressing, etc), so we can swap "small" samples. They will be cheaper to ship, and we don't need an entire wine bottle! Just enough to sample, right? Looking forward to...
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