Fancy That!

Oh yes! My favorite jam is blackberry, and they are back at the farmer's market and produce stands near you!! At least, here in the south they are ripe for the pickin'. Someone else did the pickin' for me and I was so glad to find some for sale at reasonable prices. Most grocery stores are posting $5+/ quart. Wow!

I smiled over and over listening to these little babies seal and pop for hours after pulling them out of the canner. I've learned that my food mill is a glorious purchase from e-bay! I cranked that thing up for a whirl to get the pulp out and separate the seeds into it. Then out the back door they went - into the back woods, I threw the seeds with a prayer. Dear Lord above, could you germinate those little seeds next spring into some blackberry bushes for me? I'll let you know when I see some sprouting in 09.

I really like the sugar free Sure Jell because you really only have to add 1 cup of sugar for each cup of fruit pulp, and that's barely sweet enough. I don't need to be knocked over by a little jam, if you know what I mean. Then it's 15 min. in the canner, and they are singing songs of heaven. Yummy. I gave Sandy a jar of this jam, and Jared saw her putting some on a piece of bread. "I want it," he said. She handed it to him, and he quickly started licking it as fast as he could. I get that all the time. I just put as much bread in the toaster as I can because half of it will be eaten by my little guy as soon as he sees me with it. It's so cute!

Mom, this reminds me of home and being there with you canning. Wish you were here or I was there.

My next jam journey is taking me to the peach orchard. I've got a calling to make peach mango jam. Hmmmmmm. I like the sound of it.
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