I made my very first strawberry jam last week. It is freezer jam and was a lot easier than I thought it would be. It is delicious too! If you can get some fresh strawberries this year from a local farmer or the farmers market, I would recommend trying it. Just buy a box or two of sure-jel and follow the recipe provided.
As I mentioned previously, we didn't have much luck looking for asparagus. The one in the photo below was really thick in diameter. I shot this photo to show what asparagus looks like in the wild. Notice the pale dried up stalks from last summer's growth. The old stalks are one of the better ways to find a patch in the Fall. All you have to do is remember where they are in the Spring and you have free veggies!
Most of the asparagus we found was already branching out as seen below. Eventually, they become quite large and look like wispy Christmas trees. When we found a few like the one below we still checked the area for smaller ones. We found plenty that had already been cut by someone else. Oh well.
My friend from work brought me some morels today. They are gorgeous and we can't wait to eat them. These are cut in half and soaking in water to get rid of the bugs and dirt.
3 comments:
Where's the recipe!!! That jam looks good!
oh, silly me... it's probably on the box of sure-gel.
Mmmm... morels are great! My friend finds them in the hills around where we used to live. You'd love him and his wife. They remind me of you guys.
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