This has been a strange year for summer fruit. The rhubarb season was late and has run into the strawberry & raspberry season which, with the recent spell of hot weather, is now galloping along. Our kind neighbour brought round the last of his rhubarb and some redcurrants.
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| Beautiful redcurrants |
And then Andrew spotted that the farm shop was doing an offer 'too good to refuse' and came home with 10lbs of raspberries.
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| Raspberry glut |
So a few more jars of rhubarb jam were made and a lot of raspberry (about 15 I think! I lost count), fresh raspberry Bakewell tart - which got eaten before I remembered to take a photograph, and Andrew's famous summer pudding.
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| Summer pudding |
And then it was the end of the day at the strawberry seller...and more jam for the cupboard. So now I really do have to stop making jam as the three shelves reserved for preserves are full and I've spread to the next cupboard. Hope my next guests like jam!