MORE PEACHES

 We bought a box of peaches, about 18 pounds.  I canned a few quarts a few days ago.  I canned the rest of them today.  

GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE

 I made some Red Grapefruit Marmalade today.  

Peel the rind off, leaving any pith (white parts) behind

Peel, peel, peel.

Chop, chop, chop.

Then (no photo) I extracted the inside fruit and juice, omitting anything white which will cause bitterness (this is a little difficult).  Added it to the cooking rind, added pectin and sugar and then boiled.

Boil, boil, boil.

Pour into jars, seal and put in waterbath to process.

Wait for it to cool.  5 half pints.

I can hardly wait to give it a try!

STRAWBERRY JAM

 Darrell and I went to the West Seattle Farmers Market this morning.  We were looking for some dill for making pickles.  But, we spotted some beautiful organic strawberries and bought a box ($28).   We continued wandering looking in every booth and did find some dill fronds but no flower heads.  

When we got home I got busy making jam.  Darrell helped with the mashing once I cleaned and chopped them.

And after a lot of cooking and stirring and more stirring, we ended up with nine half pints.  

BLACKBERRY JAM

 Wednesday Darrell and I went blackberry picking in a local 'park'. Jelly went too, but wasn't too happy.  She doesn't like blackberries and really doesn't like trying to walk in them.  So she stayed away and watched us.

Today I cooked them up, using a very low sugar recipe, into Blackberry jam and canned 12 little half pints and one pint.  That should last us for a few weeks!  

CANNING PEARS

 We got a big box of Bartlett pears yesterday at the West Seattle Farmers Market.  With Darrell peeling and me cutting in half and coring, we made a good team.  He could peel them as fast as I did the rest.  We didn't make it through all of the pears, but I think we got at least half of the 24 lbs prepared.  We couldn't help but sample one - it was very delicious.

I hot packed them in quart jars and ended up with 6 quarts.

CANNING FRUITS

 Darrell and I went to the West Seattle Farmers Market and bought a box of peaches and a 24 lb box of pears.

We came home and canned the peaches right away.  We were disappointed with them.  Once they were peeled you could see a lot of bruises and soft spots - which all had to be cut away.  I think we were probably a bit too late in the season.  Hopefully, we'll remember this next summer.

But, we got four quarts put up.