Melplash Show 2018

[zigs]

http://www.melplashshow.co.uk/

Made a list of the categories I'll be entering this year hew:

250 . 1 Cactus or Succulent.

251. 2 Cactus or Succulent in separate pots.

254. 1 Flowering Geranium.

256. Flowering pot plant.

272. 3 Roses, one or more varieties.

282. 5 French Mariglods, blooms in vase.

290. Floating flower heads.

294. 1 stem. tree flower.

297. Bowl of 3 or more Cacti /Succulent.

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304. 2 kinds of fruit in single dish.

305. 3 sticks of Rhubarb.

306. Bunch of Grapes.

310. Potatoes, 5 white.

311. Potatoes, 5 coloured.

320. Onions, 3 exhibition.

321. Onions, 3 over 250g.

322. Onions, 5 250g or less.

323. Onion, the heaviest.

326. Beans, 6 French.

327. Peas, 6 pods.

332. Tomatoes, 5 with calyx.

333. Tomatoes, 5 plum.

334. Tomatoes, 9 cherry.

340. Garlic, 3 blubs.

347. Crop from 1 seed potato grown in a bucket.

348. Top Tray.

352. Dish of Edible Flowers.

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529. 1 bottle, Fruit Wine.

530. 1 bottle, Flower wine.

531. 1 bottle, Vegetable Wine.

532. 1 bottle, any other wine.

535. 1 bottle of Liqueur.

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546. Any craft item made by a Zig.

 

[Chuck]

Do the judges sample #529-#535 before or after all the others. If before, are they capable of judging anything? If after, do they remember what they have judged?

 

[zigs]

Do the judges sample #529-#535 before or after all the others. If before, are they capable of judging anything? If after, do they remember what they have judged?

Not entered the wine category before but from what I heard, there's not much left after the judging

 

[alp]

Do the judges sample #529-#535 before or after all the others. If before, are they capable of judging anything? If after, do they remember what they have judged?

 

[CanadianLori]

Looks like you're going to be a busy man!

 

[marlingardener]

Zigs, you will have to make two trips to bring home all your medals and ribbons!
I'd like to volunteer to judge categories 529 through 535--we all have our areas of expertise.

 

[zigs]

Bit concerned about 532. 1 bottle, any other wine.

They've already covered fruit, veg and flower wines, so gonna have to get creative on that one

Fish

Cardboard

Socks

Seaweed

 

[Chuck]

Back during the late 1960's on my paid vacation to south East Asia we came upon a wine that made even us amicable, kind hearted and without a care in the world. Rice wine. Don't know how it was made but it isn't fruit, vegs or flowers and IIRC tastes similar to but better than dirty socks.

 

[Silentrunning]

Bit concerned about 532. 1 bottle, any other wine.

They've already covered fruit, veg and flower wines, so gonna have to get creative on that one

Fish

Cardboard

Socks

Seaweed

Zigs, make bacon flavored wine. Everyone will love it.

 

[zigs]

Rice, now that's another devils vegetable along with the cucumber

 

[zigs]

Zigs, make bacon flavored wine. Everyone will love it.

I'm sure that would go down well in Texas

 

[Chuck]

I'm sure that would go down well in Texas

It just might at that. We already have bacon flavored ice cream and doughnuts.

 

[Larisa]

@zigs
Wine can be made from everything. Now I'll remember what it's made of here ...
- from birch sap
- from honey with hops
- from cherry leaves
- from green walnuts ...

If you need recipes, I'll find

 

[marlingardener]

Zigs, here is a sure fire winner for category 532--Mulsum! It's a nice white wine fortified with honey. Any bottle of dry white wine with 1/2 c. of honey added and stirred, then served just slightly chilled. If you really want to knock the judges' socks off (and save the socks for future wine making) float a 1/2 inch of red wine on the top. It's scary but delicious!

 

[zigs]

Think that might fall outside the homemade category MG, but it sounds good

I'd considered birch sap and mead @Larisa but I've found birch to be a bit dissapointing and honey really needs a year or more to mature

Wouldn't cherry leaves contain cyanogenetic glycosides?