My grandmother used to make plum wine with plums and sugar.?

What is wrong with this recipe? And is there a simple one that is safe?

My grandmother used to make plum wine with plums and sugar.?
Easy Plum Wine Recipe (one gallon recipe)





3 1/2 lb ripe plums


4lb-granulated sugar


1 pack yeast


1 gallon boiling water


Wash plums and pour on water.


Stir and mash with wooden spoon.


Leave for ten days.


Remove mould carefully. Strain off into another bowl and add sugar, yeast and stir.


Cover and stir daily for three days.


Ready to bottle use demijohn or gallon jug here.


Ready in six months. Better after nine.





My only real concern with this recipe is that the wine would not be done fermenting when bottled. It may be a good idea to put on an airlock for a while to make sure it is done fermenting before final bottling and aging. Also, with no chemicals used, I wouldn't store too long before drinking. I would probably add a Campden tablet at final bottling to kill off any stray bacteria.








Let me know how it works out if you try it!
Reply:Nothing is wrong with this recipe. What she is making is Kosher wine. I am sure you have heard of Menaschevitz right? The Jewish ceremonial wine. The recipe your grandmother is making is drank throughout world by Jews on the sabbath every week. You'll probably notice she doesn't seal it right away. This allows time for natural yeast to find it's way to the sugar and start the firmenting process.


Convicts make this recipe as well only they call it pruno and as you may have noticed by the name they use prunes instead (or any other high fructose fruit they can get their hands on). They take a piece of bread and put it in a high sugar fruit juice base or rot a piece of fruit in a high sugar base to make a "kicker" to attract yeast before they seal their bags and keep it in a warm place.


As for a simple wine recipe that is safe and quick try this one. It may sound strange, tomato wine, it tastes like a bloody mary.





Get two cans of tomato puree, a pound and a half of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of you gma's kosher wine (same as a convicts kicker).


Mix all of these together in a gallon of water. You can put it in any thing you want. I prefer a trash bag. But I learned in prison so you may want to get a two gallon bottle with a pressure top. Keep it in a warm dark place and make sure to relieve the pressure that will build up. Tomato wine with a good kicker will actually ferment within 3 to 5 days and have the potency of a good malt liquor. If you want it to keep getting stronger add sugar every couple of days. If the yeast stops having sugar to feed on it will start feeding on the alcohol and you will end up with tomato vinegar.


You can do this with any fruit juice you like. For some reason tomato just ferments faster.


Try cranberry concentrate too, it is great and gets you f*cked up fast due to some of the attributes of the cranberry flushing and replenishing....
Reply:it would help to see recipe my gran made it too along with blackberry%26amp; chokecherry and mulberry
Reply:Since you didn't say how you were trying to do that it is difficult to figure out what you did or were doing wrong. I am sure someone in here will give you a good recipe though.
Reply:Your forgetting the "starter" or the fermentation.





Usually you can "make this" by putting "yeast" from a pouch in with like "fruit cocktail" or other fruits until it "ripens or smells yeasty" within 30 days or so. Leave it covered with a cottony cloth under a bed or darkend area and bring out to smell every so often.





When the yeast has "fermented" then transpose (move) some of the ingredients from one jar to the jar with the plums and sugars and it will then start fermenting it! Also, you want to leave it in a darkened area while it ferments also.
Reply:Well, if you list the recipe and method, I could probably answer a lot better.


Yes, there are many people making safe homemade wines.





The alcohol is created from fermentation...BTW.
Reply:never tried it
Reply:well u dont have alcohol in that recipe, come down to franklin county virginia, moonshine capital of the world, we will show u how to make some good wine

Where to get Sapa Plum tree?

Does anyone know where I can get a start or a plant of a Sapa plum tree. The plums are about the size of a jumbo olive, very dark purple, and the inside is dark purple and the juice almost looks like blood. They are the best I have ever had, and our tree died. thanks

Where to get Sapa Plum tree?
The Sapa plum is often called a cherry plum. A cross between the Western Sand Cherry (or P. Besseyi) and Sultan Japanese Plum (or P. Salicia). The fruit is dark blue with glossy skin and deep red wine flesh. Ripens about a week later than the Opata.








This nursery carries the Sapa cherry plum.








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Hope this helps. Good luck!

Can I grow fruit trees such as peach, apricot & plum in the palm springs area?

I'd say no. You would have to grow them in containers for starters. It would not be easy at all. Palm Springs is just too hot and dry to grow them in a landscape setting. Fruit trees such as these need a period of cold weather (temps in the 30's or below) for a time before they will produce flowers and fruit.


I'd look for fruit trees that can tolerate the conditions, like figs or date palms, or even a citrus tree. Good Luck!

Can I grow fruit trees such as peach, apricot %26amp; plum in the palm springs area?
I agree.. it's too hot.. they won't make it.

I have a Plum and Apricot tree, there both producing fruit, but my question is how often do i water it?

its the rule of thumb for the plum

I have a Plum and Apricot tree, there both producing fruit, but my question is how often do i water it?
If they are established trees, you don't water them.





If they are newly planted, you water roughly weekly (depending on the size of the root ball, and the composition and moisture-retention of your soil) for the first growing season. After the trees are established, they do not need water, except in periods of drought. During a very dry year, I might water my plum tree 2 or 3 times (A slow, deep watering)

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What is Chinese Plum and its botanical name?Is it healthy to ingest?

The term "Chinese plum" can refer to either of two different species of fruit-bearing tree:





The lǐ (李, Prunus salicina)


The méi (梅, Prunus mume)





Prunus salicina: Fruit - raw or cooked[46, 61, 105, 171]. The fruit ripens early[74]. A unique taste[74]. Sweet and juicy, it can be eaten out of hand, made into pies, preserves etc, or be dried for later use[183]. The fruit is very resistant to rotting[74]. The plum-shaped fruit is up to 7cm long and contains one large seed[200].





Prunus mume: Fruit - raw or cooked[2, 46, 61, 183]. Hard and sour even when fully ripe, it is scarcely edible[2, 11]. It is, however, widely used in the Orient where it is usually pickled and then used as a condiment and a vegetable[2, 11]. This is the umboshi plum that can be found in oriental stores. It is preserved in salt and used as a relish in rice dishes etc[183]. The fruit contains about 0.9% protein, 18.9% carbohydrate, 0.6% ash, no fat. The fruit is about 3cm in diameter and contains one large seed[200].





The Prunus mume, although referred to in Wikipedia as Japanese Plum, is also called Japanese Apricot, apparently.





Hope this answers your question.

My plum tree has a white web like covering over its trunk and some of the lower branches. It also has some?

spots on the trunk that look like its hoozing a kinda clear brownish sap. Any idears what it is?

My plum tree has a white web like covering over its trunk and some of the lower branches. It also has some?
Your plum may be home to some tent caterpillars: http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/Caterpi... although it sems to me to be a little late in the year for these (from the perspective of where I live, but if you're from the far north, you may still have them). These typically are found on cherries and members of the rose family, and plums are included in this.





The liquid you see may very well be sap. This usually indicates the bresence of a bark-boring insect, and this will often kill your tree by girdling it.

What is a tree that has dark red leaves and redish purplish berry about a inch.reminds of a small plum.?

wat is the tree. i live in virginia and is starting to be summer. also are the berrys edible. about a inch wide berry and inch tall. not a barbury or photinia.

What is a tree that has dark red leaves and redish purplish berry about a inch.reminds of a small plum.?
I have one in my yard in Washington State. It's called a flowering plum and the raccoons love the fruit when it's ripe.
Reply:i believe its called a persimmon tree