Autumn Stew

[Fozzer]

A nice, tasty Dinner with a Steak and Kidney Pie cooked in the oven, and various vegetables and gravy...

A complete, substantial Dinner for the price of approx 60 Pence!...>>>



Steak and Kidney Pastry Pie.
Mashed Potatoes with Milk, Butter, Soft Cheese, and Parsley.
Carrots.
Broccoli.
Cauliflower.
Leeks.
Garden Peas,

..and a nice gravy!

Paul....Joy!

[H]

Just to jump in while I have connectivity (since a few days ago)...
we've been in an autumn stew because of a winter brew...

[Flying Trucker]

Hi Paul...

Looks great and tastes great also I bet...

[Flying Trucker]

Hi "H"...

We had cherries also but wine can be made from just about anything...

The Province of Ontario has some of the best wines, beers and cheese anywhere in the world today...they have the ribbons to prove it...

Me, give me a Mac and a salt shaker anytime...

I do want to say you will want to stick with the more tart apple varieties when you are making apple wine. McIntosh, Jonathan and Winesap apples are the best but any tart apple will work as will any combination of tart apples. You will want to stay away from the brand Delicious because of its low acid content.

Apple Wine Recipe #1

INGREDIENTS:

7 - 8 pounds of apples (or 2 quarts of juice with no preservatives added)

4 1/2 pints of water

2 pounds of sugar

2 1/4 tsp of Acid Blend

1/2 tsp of Pectic Enzyme

1/4 tsp of Tannin

1 tsp of Nutrient

1 crushed Campden tablet

1 package of yeast

1 tsp anti oxidant - This is added before bottling

Starting Specific Gravity (S.G.) - 1.085 - 1.090

Wash and sort your apples. Use only solid firm fruit. Cut your apples into smaller pieces and press the juice from your apples. (If you do not have a press to press the juice out of your apples you can put your cut up apples into a nylon straining bag and press the juice out through the mesh as they ferment. They will get soft so keep squeezing periodically.)

Put your juice into your Primary Fermenter and add your crushed Campden Tablet and Pectic Enzyme. This will help with the clearing of your wine.

Stir in all other ingredients except for the anti oxidant and your Yeast and cover your fermenter.

After 24 hours add your yeast and cover your fermenter.

Stir your batch every day and check the Specific Gravity with your Hydrometer. In about 3 - 5 days your S.G. should reach 1.040.

Now you will siphon your wine off of the sediment into your secondary container which is usually your glass carboy. The sediment is the stuff that accumulates at the bottom of your container.

Attach your airlock and wait for your fermentation to be complete.

You will know it is complete when your S.G. has reached 1.000. This will take about 3 weeks.

Siphon your wine off the sediment into a clean secondary carboy, reattach your airlock. You will wait about 2 months and then siphon your wine off the sediment again. Keep doing this until your wine is clear. If it is clear now then it is time to bottle.

Before bottling add your anti oxidant.

Let wine set for a couple of months before drinking.

*** If you want more of a full bodied heavier wine then make the following changes to the recipe:

14-16 pounds of apples (or 1 gallon of juice - no preservatives added)

1 pound of sugar

1 1/2 tsp of Acid Blend

All other ingredients are the same



Apple Wine Recipe #2 - Crabapple Wine
4 1/2 pounds of Chopped Crabapples
1/2 pint of White Grape Concentrate or 1 pound of raisins

7 pints of Water

1 3/4 pounds of Sugar

1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme

1 tsp Nutrient

1 tab Campden Crush

1 pkg Wine Yeast

1 tsp anti oxidant - This is added before bottling

Starting Specific Gravity (S.G.) 1.090-95


Follow the same directions as in Recipe #1

[Flying Trucker]

Raspberry Wine...

Ingredients
  Recipe One
12 cups raspberries, fresh
5 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
1 teaspoon acid blend
2 campden tablets
1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
1 package wine yeast
1 gallon water

Recipe Two
6 cups raspberries, fresh
7 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
3 tangerines or oranges
1 campden tablet
1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
1 package wine yeast
1 gallon water

Do not use overripe or spoiled berries. Crush the berries and place in primary fermentor. Add water, sugar, nutrients, acid blend, pectic enzyme and crushed campden tablet. Stir well to dissolve sugar. Let sit overnight.

Specific gravity should be between 1.090 and 1.095. Sprinkle yeast over the mixture and stir. Stir daily for five or six days, until specific gravity is 1.040.

Strain the must and squeeze out as much juice as you can from the fruit. Siphon into secondary fermentor and place airlock.

For a dry wine, rack in three weeks, and every three months for one year. Bottle.

For a sweet wine, rack at three weeks. Add 1/2 cup sugar dissolved in 1 cup wine. Stir gently, and place back into secondary fermentor. Repeat process every six weeks until fermentation does not restart with the addition of sugar. Rack every three months until one year old. Bottle.

The wine is best if you can refrain from drinking it for one full year from the date it was started.

NOTE:

The quality of the wine reflects the quality of the fruit used. Use sour or over ripe fruit, and the wine will be sour or bitter. Use firm, ripe fruit for the best quality wine

[Ang2dogs]

I remember awhile back a few members wanted a sports category, seems like we need a fine foods and beverage category

[jimm57]

Not that I'm against the fine foods and beverage categories, but this IS a flight sim forum, and there are much better Food & beverage forums. I'm a homebrewer (all grain masher) for the past 23 yrs and get good info from other forums online. I don't mind the food posts and pix from Fozzer, but a full blown gastronomic discussion belongs elsewhere. I come here for Flight sim info.

Just my humble opinion.

Jim

[Flying Trucker]

Hi Ang2dogs....

Yes I do believe you are right...

[Fozzer]

Hi Ang2dogs....

Yes I do believe you are right...

We used to have a; "Simviation Caf

[Flying Trucker]

Hi jimm57...

You like every other member here has the same right...

To read a post...
and
If you don't like what you are reading...
then don't finish reading it...
Go look at something else...

It is that simple...

I was answering "H"s post when he typed he had never seen a recipe for Apple or Raspberry Wine.

Here at Simviation we try to help each other out and I was just posting him two recipes and there are many more on the Internet regarding Fruit Wines...

As a retired Senior Captain with an ATR and having three Log Books full of great memories, sitting in the left seat for more than five decades before retirement I had a policy.

I would give as much or more back into the company as what it gave to me.

So when we were on a three or four day freight trip I would try to do all the cooking in the aircraft galley during those long flights.
As the Captain I got to purchase all the food also.
Cornish Hens, onions, cheese...etc....anything that could be done in the galley or precooked, warmed and eaten by the crew.

Thus allowing the young backend crew who were working their way up and the First Officers to get in more flying experience and time as I sure did not need it.

Just like the old boys helped me...

When not doing freight runs, regular scheduled passenger flights I flew the bush off floats, skis and wheel/skis just for extra money.
Sitting around a campfire at night with your crewperson or several other crews (even from the competition) we would share our food and try new recipes out on each other.

I was never picked up and thrown into the lake by the other guys but came close a couple of times when the old timers didn't care too much for my cooking concoctions...

So I hope now you can see that aviation being real or simulated, cooking, sailing and a lot of other topics can all be reciprocally connected.

[Fozzer]

...and now for a big Steak and Kidney  Pie, with all the trimmings....

...in between flights... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

Paul... ...!

[Flying Trucker]

Hi Paul...

I remember the "Simviation Cafe" and I often wondered it I was posting in the right forum....

I do believe there were two forums in the General Section and I used to get them mixed up.

One was the "Simviation Cafe" but can't put a finger on the other one.... :-/

What was the "Simviation Cafe" called before it became the Simviation Cafe?

[Fozzer]

Hi Paul...

I remember the "Simviation Cafe" and I often wondered it I was posting in the right forum....

I do believe there were two forums in the General Section and I used to get them mixed up.

One was the "Simviation Cafe" but can't put a finger on the other one.... :-/

What was the "Simviation Cafe" called before it became the Simviation Cafe?

Hello Doug... ...!

I think the old Caf

[H]

Not that I'm against the fine foods and beverage categories, but this IS a flight sim forum, and there are much better Food & beverage forums. I'm a homebrewer (all grain masher) for the past 23 yrs and get good info from other forums online. I don't mind the food posts and pix from Fozzer, but a full blown gastronomic discussion belongs elsewhere. I come here for Flight sim info.
Just my humble opinion.

[color=#003300]The former Simviation Caf

[Ang2dogs]

So I hope now you can see that aviation being real or simulated, cooking, sailing and a lot of other topics can all be reciprocally connected.

Posted by: H, I wouldn't object to seeing a flight forum on a Food Forum website (maybe flight attendants want to exchange info and banter about in-flight catering).

First of all I was only kidding,

Anyways,,,,,,,,, Nice story, Flying Trucker, never did try to eat even an MRE on a military flight, usally I would drink enough of the local hooch so I can sleep thru to our destination.

But I do remember my very first time on an airplane. It was one of them newfangeled 747s. Went from New york to Puerto Rico. You actually got real food that you ate with a knife, fork, and spoon,,,,,,,,,and are you ready for this? Your drink was in a glass, a real live glass, and that was coach!

And H your right, I Have an old International pickup truck, and I go to this forum that mainly talks about International pickup trucks , but now with hunting season coming up all the chatter is about getting the guns and dogs and oh yeah the trucks ready for hunting :-? wonder how that happens, oh and they don't even have a general section, or a sport section, and they do talk sports.

And Sir Paul, I think it was just called the Pilots Lounge (leave the simspeak outside or what Jimm57 said was tagged with a "...no aircraft topics..." message) and then changed to Simviation Cafe.

So in general I guess this is were the gang likes to sit around with a beverage of ther choice and Bull$#!t!