Hello there ... just a quickie tonight ...
today's doings ...
'gathering it all safely in' ..
and what a lot there is of it ...
veg coming at is from all directions ...
Hubby P decided to pick the plums ... not quite ripe yet but the wasps were having a go at them ... such a lot of wasps this year.
Our first crop of plums .. I planted the tree just last year so I am pleased with these.
Yet more courgettes ... and look at this monster that had managed to hide away under the leaves ... its just about a marrow.
So that's Marrow and Ginger jam then.
Hubby P was just joking earlier ... suggesting that jam was the one thing in which I couldn't hide courgettes ... it reminded me of the Marrow and Ginger jam ... very nice as I remember.
Oh ... and whilst we are in the fridge ... I got one of these huge tubs of mustard from Approved Foods (for pennies ) ... anyone else get one ...
What does one do with a kg of mustard?
I made honey mustard sauce (packet of white sauce Approved Foods 10p and added honey and mustard... very nice) ...
to go with ...
Yes ... tonight's ...BEANS!
Yes folks .... they are still coming thick and fast.
Hubby P feels he is beginning to look like a bean ... its healthy I tell him ... the green tinge to the skin .. most appealing!
And we have peppers ... very hot peppers ...
gifted from a friend .... how many we will eat I don't know ...
a little goes a long way ...
but they look pretty hung in the kitchen ....and they will dry and keep.
We had to work this afternoon sourcing stock and whatnot ...
and look what we found at the side of the road.
Lovely Damsons ... we gathered a large bag full... all free and frugal and all that.
They now look like this ... yummy Damson Jam ... all ready for the colder mornings when we eat it greedily ... spread thick on our morning toast.
We always had Damson jam when I was a child ... I think everyone I knew did .... perhaps it was the cheapest ... Strawberry jam was for special occasions (on your scones) .... or the 'posh' people.
Decided I will never be a 'posh' person ... and anyway I like Damson jam ... and it reminds me of 'Home' ... home being that warm loving childhood home.
So what reminds you of home ? ... is it just me with the Damson jam thing?
Bye for now x
