Okay – the bread & butter pickles Travis made from our home-grown cucumbers were delicious, so I was quite excited when he moved on to other canning projects.
His next project was plum jelly. He went to the Matheson family reunion in Tennessee and on his way home he stopped by his uncle’s farm for a visit and to gather some fresh, juicy plums! He arrived home with a case of delicious plums and proceeded to squash every one of them before Teeny or I could salvage a handful to enjoy the rest of the week. However, after he cooked,
His next project was plum jelly. He went to the Matheson family reunion in Tennessee and on his way home he stopped by his uncle’s farm for a visit and to gather some fresh, juicy plums! He arrived home with a case of delicious plums and proceeded to squash every one of them before Teeny or I could salvage a handful to enjoy the rest of the week. However, after he cooked,
canned 
This is only about 1/2 of the jars that he made...I just love the color!
and served the jelly over a buttery biscuit with some of my favorite Kenya coffee, it was easy to forgive him :-D
After that was something his grandmother called “chili sauce” and served over various beans (snap, butter, lima, etc.) while he was growing up. It consists of home grown tomatoes, onions, red bell peppers, hot peppers, sugar, and a sundry of other spices cooked to reduce by half (whew, that took a while).
I had tasted this concoction once before and I must admit, although the sauce is full of flavor, I like my beans plain please. 
One of our friends sampled it and gave the suggestion to use it with meats, especially pork or chicken. Now that sounds scrumptious! Now if we could just find a county fair to enter them into; grandma would certainly be proud that she was able to pass down her love for fresh foods! She won the blue ribbon in the Fayette County Fair for years!!!!
2 comments:
Yum! That looks delicious! When's the picnic?
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