# Brandied Peaches
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970 "2009-08-27T23:15:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/1 "2009-08-27T23:15:42Z")
Twelve quarts of the fool things. A hot, sweaty job that involves spreading sugary syrup all over the kitchen floor.
Everyone I know is getting brandied peaches for Christmas. I on the other hand may never look a peach in the eye again.
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### Author:  [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/2 "2009-08-27T23:22:40Z")
So whose idea was it that so many of those hot sweaty jobs (canning, making jelly, blanching things for freezing) come at the end of the summer when everything is hot and sweaty anyway? Why not in the middle of January when you could really use a good blast of steam?
Anyway, good job on the peaches. If you have any left over, I’ll be more than willing to take them off your hands.
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### Author:  [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/3 "2009-08-28T15:09:44Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#):
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> So whose idea was it that so many of those hot sweaty jobs (canning, making jelly, blanching things for freezing) come at the end of the summer when everything is hot and sweaty anyway? Why not in the middle of January when you could really use a good blast of steam?
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> Anyway, good job on the peaches. If you have any left over, I’ll be more than willing to take them off your hands.
Because that’s when the fruit you are trying to preserve for the winter is harvested?
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/4 "2009-08-28T17:04:25Z")
My Mother used to send these to my father when he was at West Point. It’s not easy to sneak booze into a place like that, but a Southern girl can always find a way! LOL!
All those on your list should count themselves lucky!
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/5 "2009-08-28T17:11:30Z")
Can a girl get a recipe?
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/6 "2009-08-28T18:00:53Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#):
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> So whose idea was it that so many of those hot sweaty jobs (canning, making jelly, blanching things for freezing) come at the end of the summer when everything is hot and sweaty anyway? Why not in the middle of January when you could really use a good blast of steam?
some people have summer kitchens, a separate building or an enclosed and ventilated porch for heat intensive cooking and canning during warm months. was more common when cooking heat was wood or coal and not very localized to what is being cooked.
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### Author:  [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/7 "2009-08-28T19:14:09Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> Twelve quarts of the fool things. A hot, sweaty job that involves spreading sugary syrup all over the kitchen floor.
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> Everyone I know is getting brandied peaches for Christmas. I on the other hand may never look a peach in the eye again.
Can I be your new best friend?
Or at least second the request for your recipe. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/8 "2009-08-28T19:19:46Z")
mmmmmmboy! I like preserved fruits.
I’ve got brandied bullaces on the go (they are a type of wild damson (damsons are a type of plum)) - but I’m mainly after the flavoured brandy syrup at the end of the process, not the fruit.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/9 "2009-08-28T20:25:57Z")
The recipe is here:
[http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/36595/how\_to\_make\_and\_can\_brandied\_peaches.html?cat=22](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/36595/how_to_make_and_can_brandied_peaches.html?cat=22)
Do not forget to spread little bits of simple syrup evenly over the kitchen floor. This is a critical step.
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### Author:  [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/10 "2009-08-29T03:29:33Z")
I find this very interesting. I live close to Georgia and have gotten some very good peaches this summer from farm stands. Perhaps I should take a whack at this.
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### Author:  [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/11 "2009-08-29T03:58:43Z")
> [@that\_darn\_cat](#):
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> Because that’s when the fruit you are trying to preserve for the winter is harvested?
Yeah, well you would have to throw some logic in there. 🙂 Maybe we should just think about the hot days when we open the jars in the winter.
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandied-peaches/507970/12 "2009-09-01T15:57:48Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> Do not forget to spread little bits of simple syrup evenly over the kitchen floor. This is a critical step.
Well, _of course_. That’s how you get really good traction. Eventually.
Thanks for the recipe. I loaded up on peaches at the farmers market this weekend, and I’ll be trying this out tonight.