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Discussion Thread 🎨 Saturday 3 January 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Yarrabyte's on the turps again.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apricot processing is well under way. A couple of kilo being chopped to go in the freezer (I use them in breakfast oats) and have 19 small jars of chopped apricots in syrup in the waterbath now, plus lots of leftove apricotty syrup. I have four kg in the fridge which I will make into jam (starting tomorrow) and the six best apricots got diverted for fresh eating. They are really good quality apricots, just a little bit of marking on the skin. They are also really big for apricots, a bit over 100g each.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

have you also considered liqueurs?