Make jam of course!
I finally went beyond my partially successful pickle status to jam status. These plums are from my grandma's tree in her back yard. She passed away about a year ago but my dad and his brothers still have the house in Idaho. Thus I get plums and jars and all sorts of odds and ends from her house.
Anyway, I'm not too happy about how sweet it is and the un-godly amount of sugar there is in jam! Seriously! 8 cups of sugar and 8 cups of plums in one batch. That's half sugar! Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE sugar. Some would say (uhh hmm...my james) that I am a sugar addict. But this is A LOT of sugar folks! Next time I'll try a low sugar recipe. I don't want to use a sugar substitute so I'll just have to live with it not being as sweet. I will survive...maybe.
In other news my James and I just celebrated our 2nd anniversary!! I honestly feel like we've been married forever. In a good way, forever. Saturday night we went to the Desert Star Playhouse and saw Scary Poppins. It was pretty funny. Especially the girl who played Scary. I'm laughing to myself right now just thinking of her. Then Sunday morning we sluffed church and went to brunch at MacCool's -- one of our favorite restaurants. Who can beat live Irish music and great food?
Oh we will not mention the second monkey. I have plum distraction now. I know, excuses, excuses...
2 comments:
They have live Irish Music at MacCools? I have only been once and they didn't have Irish music. I'll have to go again.
I want to grow a huge garden next year. Will you teach me how to can? I love/hate sugar. 8 cups?!?! Yikes/yum!
Yes, on thursday evenings (I think) and Sunday mornings. It's quite a treat!
I want to do a garden too! A square foot one like yours. You can help me with that and I'll help you with canning! Fun!
I actually used half the sugar in my last batch of plums and it was perfect. Thank god because 8 cups is sinful!
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