Showing posts with label blackberry jam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blackberry jam. Show all posts

Monday, 1 December 2014

Crochet jam cover












I had a little crochet session last week and had these little jam jar covers done before last Thursday but I hadn't gotten round to hot gluing them onto the lids and photographing them.

I am making these jars in preparation for blackberry picking season.

The blackberry photos are from last years trek to pick berries where I got bitten by the hugest inch ant you ever saw.
I dont know whether it was providence or pure luck but on the way to picking we stopped in a bakery that had apple cider vinegar with the mother available to purchase.  I of course bought one.
Why am I telling you this?
Well when I was bitten by this TWO inch ant ( it was bloody enormous and I really must be expansive about its size) , I was able to relieve the stinging by applying vinegar. So I was always meant to be bitten by an inch ant or I was always going to be able to alleviate the pain with the good fortune of having purchased vinegar. It really was a strange thing for me to buy in  a bakery.

Anyhoo I am madly making a  million jam jar covers of varying designs in preparation for the exceptionally large number of jars of jam that I will produce of course..nothing like being ambitious.
I am down to my last jar of jam from last year ( I eat a lot of it on my yoghurt in the morning with muesli...mmm mmm yummo) so I will be happy to replenish my stocks

The white flowered jar was my first effort and wasn't a grand fit but my second effort is just peachy...23 more jar covers to make.

PS There is still time to leave a comment to enter the giveaway here

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Blackberry Jam


I am pleased to announce that I now only have superficial scratches on my arm - predominantly my right arm. I made a blueberry crumble which now resides on my waistline... yummy!
And this morning made 1.2kg blackberry jam. I love the colour as it is cooking in the pot, a little hard to see in the photos but if you've made jam yourself you know what I mean.

 1.5 kg berries
6 cups sugar
juice of  two lemons
bring to boil and cook at a simmer 15 minutes