The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

But it is true trust is something often not happening in this day and age
I was raised in a working family we had a farm but Dad was a postman
Mom was a bookkeeper she made more than him but it all went in one pot
and I did not know that nor my brother until Daddy had passed
Mom made our school clothes until I went off to college

 

[Peep_Show]

That's one mongo pumpkin.

 

[Beer can]

Quote:
I've wanted to try mead, was going to buy the yeast recently, was told 'maybe you should try it before you make five gallons', still haven't bought any, it's like $20 a bottle for maybe 2 1/2 glasses? Home brew places usually have kits, all for five gallons though, 3-5 gallons. I buy a lot of stuff from Williams Brewing https://www.williamsbrewing.com/WILLIAMS-MEAD-KIT-P290.aspx
Some stuff I get from Northern Brewer, Midwest Brewing is another, depending on price, packaging (Williams is cheaper and really good for beer malt, but in bags...really like the others in jugs, easier to get out and add hot water and shake, stuffs THICK as honey, some are cheaper on hops, some cheaper on toasted grain), one of them has both sweet mead and dry mead kits. Williams is a spiced mead kit, calls for I think one gallon of honey (12-14lbs) for a five gallon batch of mead at 11%.

Little history, love history,

;
"During medieval times mead was part of a marriage ritual. After the wedding the bride and groom were provided enough mead to last one full moon. They were encouraged to consume this sweet wine to instill good luck in their marriage. Mead was also believed to promote fertility and virility. From that ritual and belief sprouted the term “honeymoon.” "

 

[Alaskan]

That's one mongo pumpkin.

I keep thinking DANG you have to own/borrow or pay for a fork lift or boom truck or something to pick it up, and you have to own/borrow or pay for a flat bed truck to hawl it up to the fair... And any second that thing coukd just pop open on you.... AND one over 700 pound pumpkin got disqualified because it had a hole in the STEM!

Sheesh!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
I've wanted to try mead, was going to buy the yeast recently, was told 'maybe you should try it before you make five gallons', still haven't bought any, it's like $20 a bottle for maybe 2 1/2 glasses? Home brew places usually have kits, all for five gallons though, 3-5 gallons. I buy a lot of stuff from Williams Brewing https://www.williamsbrewing.com/WILLIAMS-MEAD-KIT-P290.aspx
Some stuff I get from Northern Brewer, Midwest Brewing is another, depending on price, packaging (Williams is cheaper and really good for beer malt, but in bags...really like the others in jugs, easier to get out and add hot water and shake, stuffs THICK as honey, some are cheaper on hops, some cheaper on toasted grain), one of them has both sweet mead and dry mead kits. Williams is a spiced mead kit, calls for I think one gallon of honey (12-14lbs) for a five gallon batch of mead at 11%.

Little history, love history,

;
"During medieval times mead was part of a marriage ritual. After the wedding the bride and groom were provided enough mead to last one full moon. They were encouraged to consume this sweet wine to instill good luck in their marriage. Mead was also believed to promote fertility and virility. From that ritual and belief sprouted the term “honeymoon.” "
Meade is yummy too sweet for my taste... the bottles I have seen at Sprouts were 14 Not quite an apparitife wine but sweeter than the Cabernet I prefer. Its much lighter than a white wine.... and tastes aeromatically like honey. Glad I bought it and tasted it wont buy it again but wont turn some down if offered.

Cool bit of trivia.... thanks Beer

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Little history, love history,

;
"During medieval times mead was part of a marriage ritual. After the wedding the bride and groom were provided enough mead to last one full moon. They were encouraged to consume this sweet wine to instill good luck in their marriage. Mead was also believed to promote fertility and virility. From that ritual and belief sprouted the term “honeymoon.” "

Then I definitely want to stay away from this.

 

[dsqard]

Then I definitely want to stay away from this.

I wouldn't worry about mead making you sweet enough to have kids

 

[chickadoodles]

Wow Alaskan! That pumpkin is huge!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:
I've wanted to try mead, was going to buy the yeast recently, was told 'maybe you should try it before you make five gallons', still haven't bought any, it's like $20 a bottle for maybe 2 1/2 glasses? Home brew places usually have kits, all for five gallons though, 3-5 gallons. I buy a lot of stuff from Williams Brewing https://www.williamsbrewing.com/WILLIAMS-MEAD-KIT-P290.aspx
Some stuff I get from Northern Brewer, Midwest Brewing is another, depending on price, packaging (Williams is cheaper and really good for beer malt, but in bags...really like the others in jugs, easier to get out and add hot water and shake, stuffs THICK as honey, some are cheaper on hops, some cheaper on toasted grain), one of them has both sweet mead and dry mead kits. Williams is a spiced mead kit, calls for I think one gallon of honey (12-14lbs) for a five gallon batch of mead at 11%.

Little history, love history,

;
"During medieval times mead was part of a marriage ritual. After the wedding the bride and groom were provided enough mead to last one full moon. They were encouraged to consume this sweet wine to instill good luck in their marriage. Mead was also believed to promote fertility and virility. From that ritual and belief sprouted the term “honeymoon.” "
That's an awesome bit of history. Thanks Beer can

 

[Peep_Show]

.... AND one over 700 pound pumpkin got disqualified because it had a hole in the STEM!

The fear there is tampering, e.g., making the pumpkin heavier by injecting fluid into it. So any holes will disqualify. I saw a documentary a few years back on giant pumpkin raising and contests. The folks who enter are real fanatical about their entries... A lot of squash coddling, as it were. And, yes, transportation is a big issue!