No muslin bag?

[piskieinboots]

I'm in the process of making the GYO (April issue) Rhubarb and Ginger jam.

It tells me to put the ginger in a muslin bag during cooking then take it out and chuck - I don't have a muslin bag or anything closely resembling one - could I
a) just chuck in chunk of ginger and remove at end
b) use an enclosed spoon-type tea strainer

[pigletwillie]

Oh Piskie,

just fish it out at the end and compost it, thats what we do. Its easy to find at the end.

[smallblueplanet]

Hah! you say that PW but when the OH puts pieces of ginger in dhal, they always seem to disappear, until they reappear on my spoon - yuck! Can't see how a lump of ginger will really cause a problem piskie, unless like me you don't like eating the stuff!

[piskieinboots]

Oh Piskie,

just fish it out at the end and compost it, thats what we do. Its easy to find at the end.

see that was my thinking PW but Snowdrop said 'well it says a muslin bag, so best you get one' and I was like 'yer well woteva coppa ' - always by the book that boy what what

drop, fish out, compost it is

[ClayGarden]

you could always blend it first and just leave it in so it doens't end up on sbp's spoon

[Paul Wagland]

Tie a bit of string to it - easy innit?!

Not blue string though, a la Bridget Jones.....

[HeyWayne]

Tie a bit of string to it - easy innit?!

Not blue string though, a la Bridget Jones.....

That's quite an in-depth knowledge of Bridgette Jones Paul, something you want to share with us...?

*LadyWayne had to explain to me what you meant by the way. Honest.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Improvise, girl - have the Forces not heard of hankies?

[piskieinboots]

ah see now Hazel hun - I said to SD can I use a hankie and he said 'nope, tis cotton not muslin'......

[HeyWayne]

Why does it need to be religious cloth?

[ClayGarden]

Why does it need to be religious cloth?

i thought that too initially

[bubblewrap]

Didn't the old style dried processed peas(marrowfat) have a muslin bag in the box?
Can you still get them though?

[piskieinboots]

oooooh pease pudding yum - oops sorry where were we - good idea BW

[bubblewrap]

Would these be of any use?

Muslin Bag - Small Pagan Magic - Online Shop

[Hazel at the Hill]

ah see now Hazel hun - I said to SD can I use a hankie and he said 'nope, tis cotton not muslin'......

It didn't seem to bother my Seville Orange Marmalade which I made in January....