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Title: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Capt Zero on August 08, 2013, 11:16
As a wipper snapper I can just about remember dad doing marrow rum. Needless to say I never got to try it.. :mad:

Now I've a big un up the lottie that I've had my eye for a while...now I remember dad would fill the marrow with brown sugar, put it in a sprout net and hang it in the pantry over a bowl. This don't seem too good an idea to me, what about bugs & fruit flys. I'm wondering if there's a better way of making it, maybe cover the whole thing with fine insect netting while it's doing "it's thing".

As anyone on here done the said Rum recipe?.....
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Sparkyrog on August 08, 2013, 11:27
Try here http://www.allbritishfood.com/Marrow/Marrow%20Rum.php

hope that helps  :)
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Capt Zero on August 08, 2013, 12:14

Cheers (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink003.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) Sparky
I like the black bin liner to keep it clean..
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: BobE on August 08, 2013, 12:18
Auntie Mog will like that one I rekon.
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Auntiemogs on August 08, 2013, 12:26
Auntie Mog will like that one I rekon.
Oddly enough, I suggested this to someone only yesterday (they were asking what they could do with the marrows they were growing as they didn't like marrow!  ::)).

I wouldn't mind giving it a go, just have to find a marrow!  :lol:
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: BobE on August 08, 2013, 12:32


I wouldn't mind giving it a go, just have to find a marrow!  :lol:


Sainsbury's
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: MrsLev on August 08, 2013, 12:39
This sounds AMAZING!!!!
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: gypsy on August 08, 2013, 18:23
I did a similar recipe last yr and I added cinnamon and a cloves. It went down very well.
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Beetroot queen on August 08, 2013, 20:49
I have heard about marrow wine but never rum, is it likely to be the same just under a different name.

People rave about the marrow wine. I am clueless when it comes to this type of stuff but we do have a few marrows
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: BobE on August 08, 2013, 20:51
I have heard about marrow wine but never rum, is it likely to be the same just under a different name.

People rave about the marrow wine. I am clueless when it comes to this type of stuff but we do have a few marrows


BQ try it Danno.  :D
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: angelavdavis on August 08, 2013, 20:51
My mum and dad made this one year when I was little - it exploded and covered everything in the linen cupboard with sticky goo!!!  I don't think the smell ever went away despite the vigorous cleaning!
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: rowan57 on August 09, 2013, 06:51
Ooooh I wanna make this, what fun :) Now just need to find a marrow, can't stand the blimmin things.
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: surbie100 on August 09, 2013, 07:22
My mum and dad made this one year when I was little - it exploded and covered everything in the linen cupboard with sticky goo!!!  I don't think the smell ever went away despite the vigorous cleaning!

Am sorry it happened to you but glad this didn't just happen in books - it is a very funny moment in Digger's Diary.
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Capt Zero on August 09, 2013, 07:44
BQ... It has to be wine, for it to be rum it would have to include distillation in some way. I think the reason it got called rum is the liquid  that one finished up with,  dark, sugary and maybe strong in the abv%.

Rowan...I can't stand to eat marrows or courgettes, but make the marrow into wine, and the courgettes into a cake, very much like carrot cake....just can't go wrong.

Mrslev..."This sounds AMAZING!!!!" the only way to find out is have a go..

Angelavdavis....WOW... exploding marrows..the mind boggles...one can't imagine the mess...I had a friend years back who had me show him how to make elderberry wine. It was made and I told him to put it somewhere warm, but to keep an eye on it because it may come out through the airlock. It did overflow....where you may ask??  in the airing cupboard top of the stairs, where his wife put all of her whites.
Sheets, school shirts,  :mad: I stayed out the way for a few weeks.... :unsure:
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: MrsLev on August 09, 2013, 08:03
If the green grocers has a marrow next week when I go I will indeed give it a go! I'm excited about this!
Title: Re: Marrow Rum.
Post by: Capt Zero on August 11, 2013, 05:52
While we were working up the lottie yesterday, I was told about this guy who had the next plot,  sadly no longer with us.  We were talking about marrow wine (rum) and apparently this guy would hollow out the marrow and then fill with orange and raisins. In all my years of playing around with fruit wines recipes I've never seen or heard of this, but I'm very tempted to give it ago just to see what it turns out like.