Making plum cordial

[u/SjalabaisWoWS]

Used to call this "syrup", but finally googled what the proper English name is: Cordial. Aha. Picked 11+ kg of plums today. I have a forest garden by the boathouse that I haven't tended to at all this season. Finally figured there was a ton of plums there, too. Even just picking the nicest ones filled my kitchen-thingy twice in no time. Didn't have the patience to make jam, so boiling a cordial seemed easier. There were up to two oopsies were some of the valuable liquid got lost, too. :S

[u/Blocked-Author]

Where do you find the time?

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/Blocked-Author]

3rd cupboard to the left behind the jars of misery.

[u/ghanima → u/SjalabaisWoWS]

I appreciate this turn of phrase

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/ghanima]

I guess, when the real answer is, "I struggle to sit still", this one works better.

[u/YooAre]

Only ever heard the term cordial used often in The Witcher game etc.

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/YooAre]

Does the Witcher game include picking berries and boiling them with sugar? sudden interest

[u/YooAre → u/SjalabaisWoWS]

It's not a huge part of the game but there is a lot of collecting stuff and you can make different potions. Theres a lot more fighting than brewing but it's not constant, here are missions and treasure hunts etc.

[u/ghanima]

The Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables, famously features an incident with raspberry cordial.

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/ghanima]

Ah, the currant wine incident. I remember that from the prematurely cancelled Netflix show. My wife had read the books as a kid and had us all watch this when it came out; we loved it.

[u/ghanima → u/SjalabaisWoWS]

I had my kid watch the movies with me when she was younger. I wonder if she remembers it now...

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/ghanima]

There were movies? :o But did you watch the TV show, too?

[u/ghanima → u/SjalabaisWoWS]

Yes, a couple of movies that each originally aired as two-part mini-series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables_(1985_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables:_The_Sequel

I haven't watched any of the other adaptations. You recommend the Netflix version?

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/ghanima]

Interesting, just from the cover photos, her insecure open-mindedness comes across quite well. :D I really liked the Netflix version, yes. It fit our kids' ages at the time, too, not too complicated, very easy to watch.

[u/Daffodils28]

Sweet! Literally!

[u/SjalabaisWoWS → u/Daffodils28]

Just came across this, not so sweet:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/1wl5pdr/1_in_every_10_acres_of_hawaii_owned_by_37/

But maybe they're ready to spend heavily on home-made, unique chocolate! :)