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- n. Plural form of sloe.
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“There are still some fat, red berries among the hawthorns, though, and blackthorn bushes have their own blue-black berries known as sloes, which make delicious sloe gin.”
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“I want any information I can get on varieties of English and black walnuts, hazelnuts, hickories and persimmons, "sloes" and any other varieties of currants.”
“I take great pleasure in pricking each berry with a needle in several places then dropping them into a bottle with sugar and gin, but others like to freeze the sloes in a plastic bag then bash them hard with a hammer or rolling pin.”
“THE RECIPE Prick your sloes, about 450g, with a needle or freeze them and bash with a heavy weight.”
“The nose is intense, with notes of liquorice and sloes, and a slightly spicy character.”
“Around small pastures the leaves on hazel bushes are already turning yellow and, on untrimmed hawthorn and blackthorn, there are reddening haws and purple-green sloes.”
“Thank you to all of those who have suggested places for gathering sloes, the tiny deep-purple blackthorns with which I flavour my annual batch of sloe gin.”
“This year the sloes are abundant – a sign, apparently, of a cold winter to come – and many suggest they need a good snap of frost before you go out to gather them, plastic bag in hand, on a Sunday afternoon.”
“If you could face removing the stones from 50 tiny sloes rather you than me then a sorbet is another possibility.”
“Appreciation, too, for those who suggested freezing my damsons and sloes before macerating them in the alcohol rather than pricking them by hand.”
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