24 May 2008

A glut!

So what to do with all the rhubarb? Despite eating a LOT of rhubarb crumble, giving away the stuff in vast quantities to friend, families, anyone really, we still have a lot of the stuff to get through.

Having inherited my grandmothers preserving pan last year, it was time to find out how to make jam! So quick web search threw up Allotment Lady's blog with a recipe for rhubarb and ginger jam. Once I got over the shock of just how much sugar there is in jam, a surprisingly short amount of stirring later produced 5 jams of rather good jam - even if I say so myself! Sadly 3 of them were immediately 'snapped up' by the family, but only on the proviso my jars were returned with something else in them. Now with Mum, this isn't going to be a problem having supplied the family with jams for many years now. My brother on the other hand...

As luck would have it the rhubarb on plot no 1 is finally picking up, so should have another chance to make some more jam.

2 comments:

Greenmantle said...

Do you by any chance, do mail order?.......

RobD said...

LOL! You might want to pop round to see my brother as he had a jar - he lives in Northampton.