A plummy day

 

Mission accomplished on the plum jam. John diced the plums (precisely of course) and I followed the recipe on the box of pectin (not quite so precisely.)

I'd rather make chutney, where you just throw everything willy nilly into the pot and let it cook down. 

Pectin recipes are supposedly foolproof, but only if you follow it.  Lots of exact weighing, measuring and fussy instructions like "boil for exactly 1 minute."

And it didn't look promising when I filled the jars, but jelled up nicely as it cooled.  A perfect consistency, actually. We had some this morning and it was delicious. Much better than any grocery store jam. Thank you W. for the extra plums! Look for a jar on your back porch.

It's a beautiful day. Instead of hiding from people as we usually do on Saturday, we're going to check out some free music events going in West Seattle. More on that later.

Have a good weekend.