My plans for yesterday included sewing & just a tad of housework. All plans are subject to change of course, and yesterday was no exception to that rule. Last week a friend had generously given my almost a half case of nectarines - one of my favorite fruits. Looking at this bounty I realized that I had to use them or they would go bad before I could gobble enough of them up! So ----- yesterday (well five hours of yesterday anyway) was spent making nectarine jam. I had to scare up jars & lids - and drag out the canner - and wash the dang thing too ! One of these days 'll have to get a proper canner. I have been using a huge spaghetti pot that's a restaurant size thing with a removable bucket with holes in it. Every time that I use it I face the prospect of a bad burn as I move the jars in & out of the boiling water ... and yes, I do so very cautiously!So this is the first of the year's jams. Probably a good thing that I got the canner out anyway - the berries are almost in as well. I have several friends who are especially fond of blueberry jam so I suspect I will be making extra batches of that soon! I DO have a large supply of grapes at the moment too that need to be saved. Hummmmm - guess I need more jars, lids and maybe even a proper canner!
Today I will be back to my previously scheduled programming - sewing. Well, at least that's the plan right now ! Happy Monday everyone - make it a good one.
PS: The recipe that I used came from my favorite book on canning - the Ball Complete Book Of Home Preserving.
