* When it's boiling, jam doesn't just double. It's more of an exponential sort of explosion.
* The novelty of a new cherry-pitter wears off by the 357th cherry.
* Four ounce jars make a batch of jam look like much more of an accomplishment. Six 8-ounce jars after an hour is just dead depressing.
* There's a reason convenience foods are such a big hit.
* Until this week, I really didn't appreciate how much of a mess I could make in the kitchen. I have been underestimating myself.
* Freezer jam takes about half the time of cooked jam, and tastes about half as good.
* If your hands are sticky with jam, it would be best not to answer your cell phone.
* It's easier to be optimistic about canning while picking cherries than when pitting them.
* Unbelievably, most people don't really consider jam as an acceptable lunch, even if you've just spent the last 3 hours making it.
* An afternoon treat of homemade bread covered in fresh cherry jam helps prepare your spouse for the fact that he gets to cook dinner that night.
* Even burning yourself on the stove can't really ruin a day when you're looking forward to hot sourdough rolls with fresh cherry-amaretto jam.
2 comments:
Ooh Cherry Amaretto jam sounds really yummy. I've never tried sourdough rolls - we don't have them here. I am just imaging the jam with my favourite multigrain baps (rolls).
That jam sounds so good.
So, last night my husband was making turkey broth from frozen carcasses. He had more than would fill the pot he needed, so he got the idea to put what was left in the pan the turkey had been in. Well. That pan had holes in it. Our whole house smelled of turkey, burned turkey juice...finally all clean.
So, you have my sympathy.
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