“I Think Every Home Should Have A Marmalade Day”

Unfortunately, we’re not southerly enough to be able to grow good oranges (NB  there’s a prize for the first reader to tell me where the quote’s from), so we’ve had to make do with making cherry jam instead . We’re also not lucky enough to have a massive 40 year old cherry tree in our garden, but we are lucky enough to live next door to Colette who does have a 40 year old cherry tree.

While not her natural habitat, we spotted her on our walk today up a tree.

We thanked her for our massive basket of cherries, informed her that we’d be making our first batch of cherry jam this very afternoon, and promised her a jar.

We referred to the massive recipe book in the sky, found an easy one, and got down to business.

Pipping

Cooking

Jarring

Delicious! Roll on the figs and plums. That’s Christmas presents sorted!