I'm fickle and I know this. I forget to update for a bit and then it starts to seem overwhelming...so I put it off a bit longer and longer and before I know it a full season or two has passed us by.
BUT...I'm going to make a concentrated effort to update this a lot more often.
The most thing of note has been that my jam making has really taken off. I've made another batch or two of strawberry jam since my first attempt. I've also made strawberry peach and a citrus marmalade. The strawberry peach tastes so good but I didn't add enough pectin so it is still on the thinner side. My husband loves this one. The citrus marmalade was interesting. My husband likes it but I don't think it is quite sweet enough (but that is what he likes the most about it). But that turned out much thicker...the draw back was the sugar caramelized a lot more so it was darker than what I'm used to seeing in the store.
I did get a jar funnel and a jar gripper. Those two little tools have made a world of difference! No more burnt fingers! Yay! No longer is it such an ordeal when it comes to the sealing process.
I plan on making a make of strawberry peach for the husband this afternoon as soon as my fruit is thawed out enough for me to chop. It was going to be plain peach but I realized that my last set of mason jars where not the half pint size. And we are giving half pint jars as our Yule gifts to our friends. So maybe the peach will happen next week. I still have a large about of whole peaches in my freezer from the summer...not to count my countless bags of strawberries. Come next spring I want to get some raspberries and blackberries to combine with my strawberries for a triple berry jam. Now that sounds so yummy.
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