Monday, August 2, 2010

Peach Jam Makin' ~ With the Girls

You may remember a few months ago when my Mom taught her girls to make frozen strawberry jam...mmm, mmm, mmm...nothing could be better on some buttered toast! Until of course, peach season. This year we decided to do frozen peach jam too! Apparently, one good thing about living in the Sandhills is their abundance of fresh peaches. Let me tell you - I've never had so many types of peaches to choose from! I had no idea what the difference was, so I tasted each kind until I could decide ;) I'd tell you what these were, but I can't even remember now!

And now the process (the "I was barely paying attention" version) :

Mom, peeling the blanched peaches...

Sara, cutting into the juicy goodness...

Sara has an eye for photos that I don't have...It was her idea to show this vibrance of the seed against the peach as it was opened - love it!

The peaches ready to be mashed...


Sara, working hard - putting a little elbow grease into it!

After adding a few things like sugar into the mix, the jam goes in the jar and waits 24 hours to be frozen...


My "camera-shy" nephew - insisted on taking credit, but came into the kitchen only for this photo;)
And of course, I made a cobbler for my sweetpea when I got home!

Everyday I try to read a devotion from a devotional book that Ruthie gave me. The other day it told me to see Jesus in everything that is beautiful. While publishing this post, I couldn't help but to see the vibrant beauty in the peaches themselves, but also in the time spent with my Mama and sisters. When we're together, we laugh and joke and sometimes delirium comes into play...and it's so much fun that for that time, I'm relieved of the everyday stresses of my life - now that's the Lord creating beauty for me to see:)

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