Well it says "Quince Jam"....

Well I finally got around to trying my hand at jam making. The last time was 38 years ago and that was a total disaster - Hahahaha...... and that's another story).

But this time I had some recipes from friends on "Amici over the Ocean" and a couple from the 'net'.... So without further ado it was all systems go.

I knew there wouldn't be too many quince (cotogna) this year and that any I did manage to harvest would probably be of poor quality. This was because the trees (2) hadn't been pruned for a number of years (indeed, if ever....).

Well those that were 'useable' after cleaning and preparing totalled just over a kilo. So it was a case of 'jam making here I come'!I don't know quite how I did it - but I did manage to ruin a (cheap) stainless steel saucepan in the process..... but after what 'seemed' to be hours fraught with tension (mine).... the jam was ready to put into the special jars I had bought for the occasion. Well it WAS a sort of milestone after all!

There was only enough for five jars, and by the time I took this photo showing my (somewhat dubious) jam making skills, my niece - Daniela - had arrived and 'filched' one of the five. So I could only photograph four jars for posterity!!!!

posted by Carole B @ 8:53 AM