Oh My Goodness!

I didn't want to stay cool yesterday, so I decided to try out some mixed berry jam. It was only 100 degrees plus yesterday. I thawed out my raspberries and blackberries. I put the raspberries through the food mill and got the prettiest pulp you ever saw. I crushed the blackberries with a potato masher.

I added my 7 cups of sugar and put it on the stove.

I just followed the same old recipe...cooked it to a rolling boil that can't be stirred down, added the liquid pectin and timed for 1 minute after it returned to a rolling boil.

The aroma was unreal...and the color was beautiful. I ended up with 8 half pint jars and an oddball I put in the fridge which we had with breakfast this morning. Very, very tasty...and filled with a lot of love.

Elderberries are supposed to be coming off this month...we are going to go elderberry hunting if we can. They are all over Oklahoma and I think I may have seen some at our favorite fishing hole. We will take our fishing poles with us in case we don't locate berries.

Have a great Monday!

Remember Those...

who fought and fell to keep us free. My daughter and son in law are both veterans who came home safely...not unharmed, but at least they came home. The History Channel has been running a marathon of WWII shows. They are very descriptive, but they remind you what our fathers and grandfathers went through in the name of freedom.

I have officially become an Old Coot...I turned 61 today and I don't feel a day over 80! Little Man has spent the last two nights with us and he has learned to dance. What a dance it is...he has to hang on to something to keep from falling, but he twists and shakes and digs his toes in 5 different directions. It's hard to say Good Job when you are laughing!

Haven't been outside yet, we had a little rain during the night - but we are loaded down with squash and tomatoes (yea!) and I'm picking strawberries and raspberries as fast as I can go.

Tomorrow is food stamp day...got to go through coupons and get ready...my pantry is looking puny so I guess we'll concentrate on canned stuff.

Stay safe this Memorial Day!

Personal Best

As of last night, I think I achieved my personal high of fat intake. Hubby wanted chicken livers again, so I deep fried them along with potatoes. They were $1.54 and I used about $.50 worth of potatoes, so cheap wins out again.