Another Wednesday...

Instead of being out in my garden today, I will be in the kitchen whipping up some peach preserves.  However if anyone would like to participate in Weedy Wednesday it's still on, we have changed it up, instead of weeding horse tail...you'll be digging horse manure into the garlic beds with Bruce.  The bribe for this is shots of Bulleit Bourbon and big basket of home fries with Bruce's Possum Lodge Bulleit Bourbon Catchup. 

Last winter I must have read an entire encyclopedia of peach preserve recipes hunting for the perfect one for my peaches canned in syrup.  I found seven which I would deem worthy of being placed in my recipe archives. I only use recipes as a guide line, however saying this I have had years of experience and years of cooking classes and school to be able to understand what can be dumped and what can be bumped.  We each have a unique palate, mine likes to range outside the normal limits, it's like it fell thru the rabbit hole and landed in Wonderland. Today my canned peaches have me hiking the winding hilly spice trade route tasting green cardamon, Saigon cinnamon, saffron, ginger.  It's a starting point and where I end up depends on my palate this morning, it will guide me like a seeing eye dog.  I will also be making Caramelized Peach Bourbon Jam, this is a recipe I dreamed up last summer and it is out of this world, mouth watering, delicious and yummy good.

Well, I have been investigating my mason jar sleeves.  I found this great wool sleeve from Rogue Theory, however they do not ship outside the USA.  So I have made a few inquiries and am in the process of connecting all the dots to hopefully produce my own mason jar sleeves.  So anyone who reads my blog from the USA, you can purchase mason jar sleeves from Rogue Theory.  They look fabulous and I would love it if anyone could review and post your review in the comments...Thanks.

Grow, Harvest, Cook, Eat...

Jenn