Last night I picked few more items - first couple of blackberries from the new bush that we bought in spring and keep it on the addition-patio. A handful of peas for my snack, and nearly two more pounds of strawberries - I think we've peaked at them and now they'll definitely won't be producing as much anymore. At least I don't see that many green berries left, but we'll have few for snacking for couple of more weeks.
So what do we do with all those strawberries? Make a jam of course! I make it with lemon juice and zest so it has a fresh kick and a bit of tartness to cut the sugary taste down. It comes out very nice.
Lovely berries! I'm hoping to make a bit of jam with the berries I have as well...it will be the first time I make jam since the kids were born (9 years ago...eek!) so I will have to give myself a bit of a refresher course first.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do get to make some as home made taste much better than store (and no chemicals). Our next batch will be black raspberries :)
DeleteI still have jam from last year so I've sworn to myself not to make any this year for me. For my neighbors sure, but not for me.
ReplyDeleteI used up all my jams for charity drive for cats at work - asking people donate what they want and get a jar of jam in return, so I'm all cleaned out and need to restock for next winter.
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