Another use for sloes??

[Bushpig]

Other than Sloe gin is there any other food or drink ( non alch ) uses for sloes?


Bushpig

 

[Tadpole]

Other than Sloe gin is there any other food or drink ( non alch ) uses for sloes?


Bushpig

Google "sloe and apple jelly" /conserve

 

[Beer Monster]

Mmmmmh good question. I'd dont know of any un-booze related uses apart from Tadpoles suggestion.

After a bit of googling I found other uses of the plant itself, but not for the sloe:-

Blackthorn leaves were dried and mixed with tea leaves in what became known as Chinese tea. Despite their sour taste the sloe is made into a paste is excellent for whitening the teeth and removing tartar. The thorns provided blackthorn ink, the bark a red dye for wool and linen.

More here.

 

[andyn]

Sloe and rosehip jelly....

Absolutely delicious on roast lamb YUM!

 

[stevesteve]

If you've never chewed a sloe try it once

I would expect that any recipe would have plenty of sugar in it. Having said that, those little plump purple fruit look too good to waste. My own stock of last year's sloe gin is just reaching the stage where it tastes good... too good!
Cheers,
Steve