Last weekend, me and Mr Plum scoured the hedgerows of Plumton-on-Stour for blackberries and sloes .... there was an abundance of fruit and we came away with 3kgs of berries and 2 kgs of sloes! The sloes are in the freezer (traditionally, you shouldn't pick the sloes until after the 'first frost' - freezing them is a bit of a cheat!) - I will probably defrost them tomorrow and get the sloe gin on the go. Anyway, back to jam!
I have never made jam before - so am quite excited! I am using a recipe in my trusted Betty's cookbook - usual equal amounts of fruit and sugar. I have also stocked up with jars from Ikea - not sure how much jam I will make! In my head it will be enough to stock a farm shop and I will be able to give up work and live off the proceeds ...
Next on the list of things to do is making green tomato chutney ....
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