Powdered_Toastman said:

Yes coffee time

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gopher said:

I'm going to go see if its not to late to collect a couple cups of rowan to make a pork sauce

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.Here's a full recipe. Juniper is strong, so **4 to 5 berries per cup of rowan** is plenty. You strain everything out at the end, so the flavour comes through without the pieces.

**Check the juniper first.** Use common juniper (*Juniperus communis*), with blue-black berries and needles in whorls of three. The berries need to be ripe, which means dusky blue with a whitish bloom, not green. Some junipers, like savin, are toxic, and plenty of ornamental ones are poorly identified, so be sure of the plant before you pick. Large amounts of juniper aren't great for the kidneys either, but a few berries in a sauce is fine.

## Rowan and juniper sauce for pork
**Makes:** about 3/4 cup, enough for 4 servings

**Ingredients**
- 1 cup rowan berries, frozen solid for a few days
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 to 5 juniper berries, lightly crushed
- 1 small bay leaf
- 1 sprig fresh thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- 4 to 5 black peppercorns, cracked
- 2 allspice berries, or a small pinch of ground allspice
- 1 small strip of orange or lemon peel (optional, no white pith)
- 3 to 4 tbsp erythritol, adjusted to taste
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard (optional)
- 1 tbsp cold butter
- Pinch of salt

**Method**
1. Put the frozen berries, water, juniper, bay, thyme, peppercorns, allspice, and peel in a small pot.
2. Bring to a gentle boil, then simmer for 15 minutes, mashing the rowan as it softens. This also finishes off the parasorbic acid.
3. Press everything through a fine sieve into a clean pot, squeezing out the liquid. Discard the solids.
4. Add the erythritol, vinegar, mustard, and salt. Simmer 5 to 8 minutes until it coats a spoon. It thickens more as it cools.
5. Taste. If it's too bitter, add sweetener. If it's flat, add a bit more vinegar or salt.
6. Off the heat, whisk in the cold butter for a glossy finish.

**Pork pairing**
- Rub the pork with salt, pepper, thyme, and 2 or 3 crushed juniper berries before roasting or pan-frying.
- Deglaze the pan with a splash of water or stock, stir in a spoonful or two of the sauce, and let it reduce.
- Serve small spoonfuls on the side, since the sauce is intense.

**Variations**
- **More traditional:** add a small grated apple or crab apple in step 1. It softens the bitterness and adds pectin, but also carbs.
- **Richer:** swap the water for pork or bone broth.
- **Thicker:** stir in 1/2 tsp chia once it's off the heat and let it sit 10 minutes.

**Carbs:** Rowan has a fair amount of natural sugar, so the batch likely lands around 15 to 20 g total carbs. That works out to roughly 2 to 3 g per tablespoon, but measure your own berries to be sure. It keeps about 1 to 2 weeks in the fridge, and it freezes well. 

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gopher said:

I just went to Walmart, I spent almost all my friends money on stuff that wasn't on the list, and now I'll have to buy it nofrills with my money

But I found chia seed jam, I just saw a video about how to make it at home, I didn't know it was a product you could buy, idk what I'll eat it on, it could flavour a carnivore icecream I think, but I don't really like making carnivore ice cream, it's too much work (and too much cream)




I couldn't find the Kewpie Japanese mayo, I looked both in the condiment and international isle, so I got this may instead, I read this brand actually uses acacado oil and other brands lie




I got this wing sauce



And this nut butter, I'm hoping its more tatsy then a plain peanut, while being half the price of hazelnut butter

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Nut 

KevinDontWave said:

Powdered_Toastman said:

Yes coffee time

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Coffee sounds excellent right about now

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All the coffee 😤

KevinDontWave said:

Powdered_Toastman said:

Yes coffee time

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Coffee sounds excellent right about now

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I'll get my coffee once I get to work

JonBongGroovy said:

KevinDontWave said:

Powdered_Toastman said:

Yes coffee time

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Coffee sounds excellent right about now

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I'll get my coffee once I get to work

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KevinDontWave said:

JonBongGroovy said:

KevinDontWave said:

Powdered_Toastman said:

Yes coffee time

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Coffee sounds excellent right about now

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I'll get my coffee once I get to work

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I seriously miss work coffee. My boss will occasionally hook it up with a really nice latte but there was something wonderful about being able to depend on free work coffee..

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