Our 2025 Jam-making campaign is now over. The Figs are just right for jam making, so I made three pots. The cupboard is now filled, and we shall enjoy the fruits of our labour throughout this winter.
I trimmed the Figs, quartered them, and weighed them. I prepared 650 gms, to which I added 400 gms of Jam Sugar.
Of course our Figs are not just for jam. They are lovely to eat off the tree, great in salads, and wonderful stewed with a dollop of ice cream.
We have at least four very big Fig trees, and the amount of fruit they produce annually is amazing. Mostly they are enjoyed by the Wasps, Hornets, and Birds. We just grab a few as we go past. Otherwise they are at their best just as we head north for Blighty. Such is life!
I think the Fig jam will go very well with some really good Extra Mature Cheddar.
So, that's it. No more jam making in 2025.
22 comments:
I myself don't use it - yet your post made me wonder where the expression "I don't give a fig" comes from. Now I know.
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I love Figs, but I don't think my Fig Jam is a great success. It's a bit runny.
Fabulous fig trees!! You've got a 'goldmine' there. You're inspiring me to make some jam but it won't be fig. They're still expensive here and even the
That went off before I finished...
Even the fig tree up the road doesn't seem to have many. It's not a fig year for us
It has been a good year for figs here. P brings back a large bagful from the museum gardens after his volunteeringshift. I eat them for my lunch. Delish!
Our trees are LOADED! It's amazing how they ripen over night. You go out in the morning and there are loads of them again.
I like them in salads, with Feta cheese. I shall pick a few for lunch.
While making the jam, I imagine that you danced in your kitchen to the tune of "We're Jammin'" by Bob Marley...
We're jammin'
I wanna jam it wid you
We're jammin', jammin',
And I hope you like jammin', too
Of course! Did you know that I once had Aston Familyman smoking dope on my Brighton terrace. He was a Wailer.
Figs do make a nice jam.
Mine is too runny. A lot of juice came out of them before I added the sugar, I should have thrown it away.
Well done with the jam makings, I hope you're allowed to take all those jars back into the UK?No love of figs here, too many reminders of "California Syrup of Figs" in my youth!
Syrup of Figs was the devil's invention. I'm not surprised it's put you off eating them.
I made some fig chutney - fig jam is a bit too sweet for my taste
Had the restriction on importing dairy and meat into the UK been lifted yet?
I really have no idea. We shall take some wine back with us, I hope that's OK!
I've only just tasted it, and it's delicious.
A taste of summer sunshine, to be savored next winter far - far away.
I've only just tasted it, and it's delicious. Not too sweet, and very tasty. It'll remind us of Summer.
Your jam sounds tasty. It might have a little too much liquid in it, but it still works.
Wine is fine you will be pleased to know but no dairy and no pate
https://www.gov.uk/bringing-food-into-great-britain/meat-dairy-fish-animal-products
I'm thinking of turning it into Chutney. It could be better!
I was at Thomas Hardys cottage and whilst strolling along the woodland I came across a picturesque little dwelling. In the porchway alongside a Buddhist statue were a few jars of preserves. I left a donation for a delicious pot of date fig honey and mustard.
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