O.k., my mom saved the day. As she always does. She came to my house this morning with two yummy hot lattes from Woods and we canned plums together. What a hoot. Here is our bounty.
I must admit I am a far cry from Susie homemaker in respect to canning. Oh, I have canned many peaches, carrots, tomatoes, beans, jam & stew...why the last time I canned was in 2004 when the children and I picked and canned 95 quarts of blackberry jam. Hmmm...that may be why it has been so long. Cash-n-Carry's' frozen veggies give me NO reason to can corn, peas or beans. I just had to can these plums as I couldn't watch them rot. We ate a ton already, and we all know you can eat too many plums...no really...you can. 5 children eating unlimited amounts of plums equals at least 3 children lying on the floor groaning with tummy aches.
The children were bright eyed as they washed and pricked the plums for me. Plums are a beautiful fruit, you know? Shiny, plump, purple, aesthetically pleasing in every way....That is before hitting the canner. A jar broke in the canner and when the children saw a canned plum I got these looks just like the first time they saw a pig butchered....sick, queasy looks and statements like "We have to eat that? "What HAPpened to them?" Fortunately they will never know when I add them to breads or smoothies. Hee hee.
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