The last few days I have been busy turning blackberries and plums into jelly and jam. It is just so satisfying to collect the fruit (the berries only as I had bought the plums) and to then turn it into jars of loveliness. We came across a few nice blackberry bushes whilst walking the dog the other day and returned later, armed with a couple of pots to collect some. Not long later and the blackberries turned into several small jars of jelly. We now have a rather large supply of different jams...strawberry, gooseberry & kiwi, plum, blackberry, ... It is rather addictive - the kitchen smelled lovely of stewed fruit and sugar yesterday when I made the plum jam and made me feel all cozy and wintery (not that it is winter yet or even autumn for that matter). It makes you want to snuggle up with a mug of tea and a homemade treat :-)
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| Foraged blackberries being cooked... |
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| Ta-dah...blackberry jelly! |
