Jamming and Canning

Saturday was National Can-It-Forward Day.  While I am a canning enthusiast, this isn’t something that I sign up for or, realistically, to which I pay much heed.  For the last two years, however, it seems like I end up canning on Can-It-Forward Day without premeditation. 

Produce Projects and Brioche

Produce Projects: 

Last week I got a little carried away at the farmer’s and produce markets.  I came home with strawberries, cherries, rhubarb, ginger and coconuts.  There were definite plans for each of my purchases but I knew it would take awhile to get everything done.

A Good Day at the Market

Every Saturday, April through November, the Farmer’s Market sets up in the parking lot of a small strip mall.  While I don’t make it every Saturday, I am managing to go more this year than last.  (That’s not difficult seeing as we only made it once last year.)  Tug and I usually saunter in around 10:00 a.m., do a walk through and decide what we’re going to get.  Today, I got up early so I could be there at 8:00 a.m. to meet my friend, Terry.  The plan was to scope out some of my competition for home-baked goods.  The problem:  none of my competition showed up this morning.  That was disappointing, but I consoled myself with the fact that I got to see Terry and that this is what I brought home with me: