Strawberries

Can you tell what I have been up to? I took the kids strawberry picking the other day. We picked 15 pounds of berries in about 20 minutes. Phhffeww! That was a lot of berries! After a lot of boiling we ended up with 25 +/- pints of jam. Mind you, 15 pounds of berries didn't yield all of the jam, there were ohter berries from other days. We have already gone through 2 jars.. jam doesn't last long in this house. A staple breakfast for the girls is organic peanut butter on organic whole wheat bread with jam. PB&J. My mother used to say I was going to turn into a PB&J sandwich when I was a child, I ate them so much. That and jelly filled donuts. I could slam down a six pack of jellied filled donuts in one sitting. Yum. Ooo... I also love jam on my pancakes, with lots of butter. Hhhmm.. and on Brötchen with a bit of cream cheese.  Time to go see what I can now dig out of the pantry as I have made myself hungry.

xoxo~

Abbie

Comments

[Vee]

This certainly explains a lot. Picking berries and cleaning them and making jam is labor intensive. It's so labor intensive that I pick berries and clean them and pass them along to those who enjoy the jam making. Hope that you and your family are having a great summer so far!

[Ann]

Oh strawberries are the most beautiful fruit! I love to make Strawberry Freezer Jam this time of year as its so much easier than traditional jam making - no boiling, set trying, jar filling, etc. Its soft set so is perfect on ice cream, yoghurt, stirring into custard, etc, as well as being good on bread. I've posted a recipe on my blog this week. Fabulous photos as usual Abbie.

[Kay R.]

Beautiful pictures of beautiful strawberries. Love strawberry jam! I've never been industrious enough to make it for myself, though. Berry picking--what a fun thing to do with your kids! Summer in a bucket :)

[Am]

The darn chipmunks ate an entire patch of our strawberries this year. Maybe next year I'll get to make jam (instead of just eating strawberries and cream every night!)

[donna watson]

You have made me hungry too-- I love summer because I am currently eating strawberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, watermelon and my favorite-- cherries.. your jam looks yummy

[donna watson]

ooopps.. I think I got your blog mixed up with your Vintage Moth -- freebies-- I like the name of this blog too :-)

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