DS gorged himself on berries and let out a few little belches and was "mmmmmming" almost the whole time. It was kind of like the bunny on the 7 UP commercial.
When we got home we almost immediately made strawberry shakes. There is something so yummy about making shakes with fresh, ripe berries. YUM!
Then the inner farmgirl in me decided to come out and play. I canned 4 pints of strawberry jam.
Aren't they pretty?4 pints called for 5 cups of strawberries and 7 cups of sugar! Wow, that's a lot of sugar. I am curious why freezer jam doesn't seem to call for as much strawberries and sugar. The only thing I didn't do was skim the foam. But MIL told me that was purely for aesthetic reasons.
This is the first time I've ever canned anything or made jam or jelly. Was much easier than I thought it would be. I would definitely do this again next year though. We have about 2.5 quarts of strawberries left. I don't imagine we will have any leftovers though. This is usually time time of year we go gung ho on the strawberry shakes.
2 comments:
Yummmm, strawberry shakes sounds great! I froze all my strawberries. I want to make jam but haven't gotten around to it. Hopefully I can do it with my frozen berries sometime? LOL @ Vance eating so many. Kristin did that last year but then with me and my MIL getting sick right after picking, I forbid her to eat any while picking this year. lol
yum-o! I froze a bunch of strawberries this year and also made some sorbet for Lily.
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