Autumnal Cork Boiling

[Michael]

Nothing like a session of cork boiling on a wet autumnal day, to build up the stock....

[Barbelseeker]

Why, pray, would you do that - please educate me.

[Old Man River]

I would also like to know !
I have made rod handles and floats for quite a lot of years from wine corks and never ever boiled them , what is the benefit ?

OMR

[Pallenpool]

They taste fabulous a sprinkle of sea salt and some pressed garlic.

[MGs]

Sparking wine corks are compressed. They look like a wheat sheaf. If you boil them they regain their cylindrical shape. I do mine in the microwave. Bowl of covered water.

[Old Man River]

They taste fabulous a sprinkle of sea salt and some pressed garlic.

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Or as a side to Bulgar wheat and apple and damson mess .

David.

[Pallenpool]

They taste fabulous a sprinkle of sea salt and some pressed garlic.

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Or as a side to Bulgar wheat and apple and damson mess .

David.

Now your talking - and I wish I was eating that.....

[Old Man River]

I will have a word with Thora for ya. Sandy can do the wheat ! You can grow the Damsons and Apples .

I can do the eating

David

[Pallenpool]

Why does that sound like a good idea ....................................... for you only............

[Michael]

Here's an older photo of mine, showing pre & post boiling. I've even used this on misshapen wine corks.
I find it relaxes the cork and they're easier to work with...