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Fig jam
Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two
large lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All
ten jars are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted
ten pings and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we
bought two more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were
out and about this morning.
I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
!@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is
causing me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot
better than the alternative.
Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through
the coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's
market and be sold to cover canning costs.
Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his
pears, if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon
buckets full to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter,
and pear honey. Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little
later this summer. He is always willing to give us the fruit and will
help with the picking. In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams,
jellies, and sauces. He thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife
can or preserve anything and do very little cooking. We may go about ten
miles away and pick some blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could
use six or eight lbs to freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
George
Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two
large lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All
ten jars are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted
ten pings and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we
bought two more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were
out and about this morning.
I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
!@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is
causing me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot
better than the alternative.
Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through
the coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's
market and be sold to cover canning costs.
Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his
pears, if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon
buckets full to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter,
and pear honey. Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little
later this summer. He is always willing to give us the fruit and will
help with the picking. In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams,
jellies, and sauces. He thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife
can or preserve anything and do very little cooking. We may go about ten
miles away and pick some blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could
use six or eight lbs to freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
George
Re: Fig jam
"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth . net > wrote in message
news:Zkwak.17729$3F5.1144@bignews2.bellsouth . net ...
> Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two large
> lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All ten jars
> are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted ten pings
> and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we bought two
> more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were out and
> about this morning.
>
> I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
> !@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is causing
> me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot better
> than the alternative.
>
> Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through the
> coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's market
> and be sold to cover canning costs.
>
> Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his pears,
> if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon buckets full
> to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter, and pear honey.
> Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little later this summer.
> He is always willing to give us the fruit and will help with the picking.
> In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams, jellies, and sauces. He
> thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife can or preserve anything
> and do very little cooking. We may go about ten miles away and pick some
> blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could use six or eight lbs to
> freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
>
> If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
> with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
>
> George
Pears in brandy is very nice, either whole, if smallish or quartered. I
prefer the BBB recipe for cherries in brandy as it is much sweeter. I'm so
jealous of all that fruit. We get peaches and some figs locally and not much
else. Except b**ts.
Edrena
"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth . net > wrote in message
news:Zkwak.17729$3F5.1144@bignews2.bellsouth . net ...
> Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two large
> lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All ten jars
> are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted ten pings
> and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we bought two
> more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were out and
> about this morning.
>
> I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
> !@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is causing
> me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot better
> than the alternative.
>
> Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through the
> coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's market
> and be sold to cover canning costs.
>
> Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his pears,
> if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon buckets full
> to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter, and pear honey.
> Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little later this summer.
> He is always willing to give us the fruit and will help with the picking.
> In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams, jellies, and sauces. He
> thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife can or preserve anything
> and do very little cooking. We may go about ten miles away and pick some
> blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could use six or eight lbs to
> freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
>
> If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
> with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
>
> George
Pears in brandy is very nice, either whole, if smallish or quartered. I
prefer the BBB recipe for cherries in brandy as it is much sweeter. I'm so
jealous of all that fruit. We get peaches and some figs locally and not much
else. Except b**ts.
Edrena
Re: Fig jam
The Joneses wrote:
> "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth . net > wrote in message
> news:Zkwak.17729$3F5.1144@bignews2.bellsouth . net ...
>> Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two large
>> lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All ten jars
>> are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted ten pings
>> and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we bought two
>> more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were out and
>> about this morning.
>>
>> I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
>> !@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is causing
>> me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot better
>> than the alternative.
>>
>> Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through the
>> coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's market
>> and be sold to cover canning costs.
>>
>> Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his pears,
>> if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon buckets full
>> to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter, and pear honey.
>> Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little later this summer.
>> He is always willing to give us the fruit and will help with the picking.
>> In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams, jellies, and sauces. He
>> thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife can or preserve anything
>> and do very little cooking. We may go about ten miles away and pick some
>> blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could use six or eight lbs to
>> freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
>>
>> If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
>> with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
>>
>> George
>
> Pears in brandy is very nice, either whole, if smallish or quartered. I
> prefer the BBB recipe for cherries in brandy as it is much sweeter. I'm so
> jealous of all that fruit. We get peaches and some figs locally and not much
> else. Except b**ts.
> Edrena
>
>
We have peaches, pears, some varieties of apples, Japanese persimmons,
American persimmons, lemons, limes, kumquats, grapefruit, satsumas,
several varieties of oranges, blackberries, dewberries, blueberries,
muscadine and other grapes, all available in our local area. I just wish
I had about an acre of land instead of a city lot, I would have an
orchard including apricots.
We even have rice, wheat, soybeans, sugar cane, and corn as commercial
crops here. Not to mention lots of cattle. And the best thing is the
seafood, fresh Atlantic blue crab, shrimp, fish of all kinds both
freshwater and saltwater. Our weather may be hot and humid most of the
year but we have lots of blessings to be thankful for.
George
The Joneses wrote:
> "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth . net > wrote in message
> news:Zkwak.17729$3F5.1144@bignews2.bellsouth . net ...
>> Miz Anne and I chopped twelve cups of Brown Turkey figs, sliced two large
>> lemons, and made ten pints of a nice fig jam this afternoon. All ten jars
>> are sitting on a folded towel on the counter and I've counted ten pings
>> and am pretty much assured of a sound seal. Just in case we bought two
>> more boxes each of regular and large mouth lids while we were out and
>> about this morning.
>>
>> I had to get an emergency doctors appointment to find out I had another
>> !@#$%^ ear infection and some sort of cyst behind my knees that is causing
>> me pain and walking problems. This getting old is hell but a lot better
>> than the alternative.
>>
>> Anyhow, we have enough fig jam to last us and the descendants through the
>> coming year so the rest of this weeks crop shall go to the farmer's market
>> and be sold to cover canning costs.
>>
>> Tomorrow I will go over to a friends place nearby and check on his pears,
>> if they're ripe enough I shall bring home several five-gallon buckets full
>> to make pear sauce, pear slices, pear jelly, pear butter, and pear honey.
>> Then we will be looking at his muscadine crop a little later this summer.
>> He is always willing to give us the fruit and will help with the picking.
>> In return he gets pies, cakes, cookies, jams, jellies, and sauces. He
>> thinks it's a very good deal as he nor his wife can or preserve anything
>> and do very little cooking. We may go about ten miles away and pick some
>> blueberries at a "pick your own" farm. Could use six or eight lbs to
>> freeze, make jams, jellies, and syrups from.
>>
>> If my blackberries would produce I could have some other things to work
>> with. Maybe next year, this is only their first year to bear and bloom.
>>
>> George
>
> Pears in brandy is very nice, either whole, if smallish or quartered. I
> prefer the BBB recipe for cherries in brandy as it is much sweeter. I'm so
> jealous of all that fruit. We get peaches and some figs locally and not much
> else. Except b**ts.
> Edrena
>
>
We have peaches, pears, some varieties of apples, Japanese persimmons,
American persimmons, lemons, limes, kumquats, grapefruit, satsumas,
several varieties of oranges, blackberries, dewberries, blueberries,
muscadine and other grapes, all available in our local area. I just wish
I had about an acre of land instead of a city lot, I would have an
orchard including apricots.
We even have rice, wheat, soybeans, sugar cane, and corn as commercial
crops here. Not to mention lots of cattle. And the best thing is the
seafood, fresh Atlantic blue crab, shrimp, fish of all kinds both
freshwater and saltwater. Our weather may be hot and humid most of the
year but we have lots of blessings to be thankful for.
George
