Came round the other night to give us about 2lb of brambles (blackberries). He sometimes gives us things when he has them to spare from his allotment.
Anyhow, I used them, along with windfall eating apples and pears, about 6oz of elderberries from last autumn, sugar, lemon juice, a little water and 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice, to make some windfall/hedgerow jam. I shall give him a jar as a thankyou.
Herewith the jam although it will probably look just black in the jars:
I know it will taste delicious, especially in the depths of winter and he loves jam or anything homemade for that matter.
Although the bed still has its summer quilt on, it now also needs the addition of a little thin topper just to stave off the night time chill. Flannelette sheets have been bought ready for the colder nights and I think they might be getting put on sooner rather than later.
I'm not making any jam this year, we hardly ever eat it anymore, being diabetic.
ReplyDeleteRe your question on my card blog (apologies for not answering the first time!) - I use double sided tape for sticking on toppers and backing sheets.
Thanks, bought some today.
DeleteIt seems to have turned chilly so quickly this year. I phoned about getting the chimney swept and he said he'd had 30 phone calls in one day
ReplyDeleteHedgerow jam sounds good except for the blackberry pips!
I don’t like the pips either.
DeleteThat's why I always make it as a jelly, all the flavour of the lovely hedgerow fruit but none of the pips 🙂
DeleteThe jam sounds delicious. I look forward to my cosy bed as the weather changes.
ReplyDeleteShall be changing into winter sheets soon I think.
DeleteI dearly love mixed fruit jams - that have a flavour all their own.
ReplyDeletexx
Can’t buy them easily either.
DeleteIt has never crossed my mind to put elderberries in jam. I bet it tastes absolutely gorgeous... I feel a foraging session coming along.
ReplyDeleteThey just add a little something. Apparently the Romans use to dry them for winter cooking and tonics.
DeleteI bet your jam tastes wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Hope so, haven’t tried any yet.
DeleteThe jam sounds delicious, I love that you have called it hedgerow jam evoking some lovely images of picking fruits and enjoying the sunshine. The temperatures have certainly dropped quite rapidly.
ReplyDeleteI have made quite a few hedgerow jams in the past, most are good.
DeleteMy favourite sort of jam.
ReplyDeleteAlan has just finished off a jar that I added some rhubarb to as well and said it was the best ever. I'll have to take his word for it it would seem he ate all six jars ... I didn't get a look in 😄