Things are hopping in the kitchen. We can barely keep up.
To start things off, we bought several pounds of strawberries to make into jam. While I was cooking the first batch a neighbor called. Their cherry tree was loaded with fruit. They had picked all they wanted. Would we like to have the rest? Well, of course.
Dennis picked the cherries that evening and the next morning we got out the cherry stoner. An hour later four pies-worth of cherries were ready to go in the freezer. We couldn't figure out how to fit the stoner back into its box, advanced degrees notwithstanding.
I went back to jam making.
Shortly after the ten pints of jam were finished Dennis started picking gooseberries. Now we're removing their stems and beards, a time-consuming but worthwhile task, considering how we love gooseberry pie.
It's been a fruitful week.
To start things off, we bought several pounds of strawberries to make into jam. While I was cooking the first batch a neighbor called. Their cherry tree was loaded with fruit. They had picked all they wanted. Would we like to have the rest? Well, of course.
Dennis picked the cherries that evening and the next morning we got out the cherry stoner. An hour later four pies-worth of cherries were ready to go in the freezer. We couldn't figure out how to fit the stoner back into its box, advanced degrees notwithstanding.
I went back to jam making.
Shortly after the ten pints of jam were finished Dennis started picking gooseberries. Now we're removing their stems and beards, a time-consuming but worthwhile task, considering how we love gooseberry pie.
It's been a fruitful week.
1 comment:
I'm thrilled with you bounty! Thanks for the photos! I smiled at the cherry stoner re-packing job!
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