Fallout

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Yesterday, we had strong winds all day, and a huge number of unripe plums were blown down from our tree.  It was demoralizing to see these plums drop before they were mature.

As I was picking plums off the ground, a memory was rolling around in the back corners of my brain.  Weren't unripe plums particularly rich in pectin?  Couldn't these plums be used to thicken jam?  A quick internet search confirmed my hunch, and so I'll be storing these unripe fruits in the freezer until jam time properly arrives.

I suspect that I may have some of last season's ripe plums in the freezer.  There's a certain point when the effort of making homemade jam outweighs the pleasure and production grinds to a halt.  Guess I should go look into those back corners of the our freezer, and see what's rolling around in there.

Comments

Martha said…
More plum jam please!! In fact, quit your job so you can make plum jam full time!!

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