Jam and Jelly Exchange November 26, 2008

A couple of months ago I participated in The Second Annual Jam and Jelly Exchange which was held by Molly of Batter Splattered

Once Molly posted asking individuals to join the exchange, I knew that I wanted to do it.  Every year I try to go pick strawberries or blackberries at the local berry farm.  This year I only had the opportunity to pick strawberries, but I did get my parents to get me some Peaches from a local orchard.  I ended up making to jams: Strawberry Jam and  Peach-Blackberry Jam.  I finished my jams and waited patiently to receive an email  telling me who would be the lucky recipient of my Jam.  At the end of September I got the email and was excited.  Two days later I packed up my jams and sent them to Kirstin of Kreative Kirstin.

I never got my jam in the mail, so Molly and I assumed it got lost or something.  She offered to send me some, which was awesome of her.  Jump to this passed Friday.  I got JAM from Molly, salmonberry-ginger jam.  I can’t wait to open it up and try it.  Thank you Molly

Brown Bagging It… August 7, 2008

….with PEACHES.

Like I said last week, my parents are in town/3 hours away. When I went to visit them I was only there for 3 hours so I didn’t have time to make a trip to my favorite orchard and grab the best freestone peaches in the world. A few days ago my dad called saying they were on their way over there, so I put in a order for a peck of peaches and some local wildflower honey.

Tuesday I received a gigantic bag of peaches and shoved my head right it. They smelled so good. My first task was to make some Peach and Blackberry Jam for the Second Annual Jam and Jelly Exchange that Molly of Battered-Splattered is having. I am also going to try to find a good Peach Oat Scone recipe and fiddle with that later this week and if there are peaches left over probably just some regular peach preserves. Who could pass that up?