Spiced Golden Plum Jam

[signseeker]

Holy cow! I think I just made the best-tasting jam I've ever had in my LIFE!! It's from those Mirabelle Plums I was talking about on the Saving Pits thread. Here's the recipe. Cuz I'm just a sharing kind of person that way. Plus you won't bug me for a jar of mine.


Spiced Golden Plum Jam

Pit and halve about 3 and 1/2 pounds of golden plums.

Put the plums and 1/2 C. apple juice and a scant teaspoon each of cinnamon and cardamom in a pot and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often. Gently boil, partially covered, for 5 or so min. (You can put a cinnamon stick and 4-6 cardamom pods in cheesecloth if you'd rather do it that way.)

Remove from heat and measure out 4 and 1/2 C. of plums back into the pot. Add 6 and 2/3 C. sugar and bring to a hard, rolling boil that cannot be stirred down. Add one pouch liquid pectin and boil for one minute. (That's one verse of Come, Come Ye Saints - not too fast)

Remove from heat and skim off foam.

Ladle into jars - about 8 or 9 1/2pints and process for 15 min.


Holy cow, people. It's better than chocolate. Maybe even percocet.

[mirkwood]

Don't get out much do you?

[signseeker]

What gives me away?

Oh, and I'll bring the Mirabelle Plum trees to the New Jerusalem. Cuz, you know, they are so totally terrestrial.

[signseeker]

Okay, yo. Maybe they aren't Mirabelle Plums. Maybe they actually are Potawatomi Plums. I just don't know. Anyone REALLY know what a Potawatomi Plum is? A physical description, please.

Potawatomis were in the pioneer settlement of Fruita, I know. Some say they came from Michigan and some say from Florida.

Maybe Jay could ask one of the GA's and get some reliable information...??

I need color (yellow? red? purple?) shape (round? oblong? egg-ish?) size (golfball? egg?) Thanks anyone!