Over night it rained quite hard...then mizzled in the morning..but then turned fine by lunchtime...washing out....and dry!!
I settled in to my workshop, radio on and got on with it!!
It isn't that big a platter...the batt is a foot wide...then the clay shrinks in firing..a good 10% if I remember correctly...I'll have to check with the supplier.
I got the first batch of fruit leather made..I used the oven on low instead of the dehydrator. I think I haven't dried it out quite enough...but it will do for first try!!
The recipe said sprinkle cornflour to stop it sticking...but it would take more than that!
It is tasty .... blackcurrant with apple...
I have never made fruit leather. That does sound very good. I wonder if it would work with pears?
ReplyDeleteYour pottery just amazes me. What skill you have.
I've bought pear fruit leather in NZ and it was tasty
DeleteIt looks delicious, though, even if it is sticky. I imagine just give it more time to dry out and you'll be fine. You are a woman of many talents.
ReplyDeleteBut not of enough patience sometimes!
DeleteI'm HUNGRY! Would love to try that fruit leather, even with my degraded teeth.
ReplyDeleteThat does sound good, blackcurrant and apple. I always enjoy fruit leather. Have you made fruit leather before? Jean in Winnipeg
ReplyDeleteI've made fruit cheese and butter, this is the first time I've taken it further. It is something I always buy as a snack in NZ! Cycling past the place it was made near Blenheim in the South Island was heavenly!!
DeleteMmmm, tasty fruit leather flavour!
ReplyDeletewe roll our fruit leather in cling film - the cigars don't stick together then. Amazed by your output at the wheel once you get started.
ReplyDeleteI'll look for something that isn't plastic.
DeleteDo you remember Annie's fruit leather? Is it still sold? It used to be made on the right as you go south towards Blenheim, just off the main highway
Our clay used to shrink 12%...we'd fire it to cone 6. I imagine cones are same numbers everywhere. I like seeing your treatments of your bowls. So glad that you're back getting clay under your fingernails...which are cut short of course!
ReplyDeleteI need to double check the shrinkage on this one...far less than porcelain anyway!
DeleteSurprisingly Seger and Orton cones' numbering isn't exactly the same
More beautiful pots!
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