The raspberry plants at the allotment are overflowing with fruit and I knew we hadn’t used all the raspberries from last summer/autumn that I had put in the freezer so I made Raspberry Jam, the perfect jam for inside a Victoria sponge cake. We also had a pile of fresh raspberries in a meringue case with some crème fraiche for dessert tonight!
At singing this afternoon, one of the basses was wearing a t-shirt with an excellent slogan.
Our new song is by Chumbawamba, Sing About Love, and I love the words, especially the last verse.
nrhatch
June 24, 2025 at 6:35 pm
What a canny canner you are! Hang on to the raspberries until the new crop comes in . . . then stock up on jam!
mybeautfulthings
June 24, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Love it! The jam went down well today in the birthday cake. 🙂
ortensia
June 24, 2025 at 3:37 pm
If you ever have left over jars, just send them this way 😉😋
mybeautfulthings
June 24, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Like you, there are never enough! If I had spares, I would certainly share. 🙂
Ark
June 23, 2025 at 9:17 pm
I am so envious of your raspberry jam.
😊
I simply must try to grow raspberries and blackberries at our spot for next season.
mybeautfulthings
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Oh yes, blackberries and raspberries are so delicious in pies, cakes and jam and indeed, just fresh with a meringue and a little cream! They are well worth growing. This year’s crop is already more than we can eat each day! 🙂
Ark
June 27, 2025 at 8:56 pm
When we were young kids dad was stationed at RAF Wyton, in Cambridgeshire . We lived in married quarters in a cul-de – sac that backed a farmers field where there were endless ( seemed endless when one was only six or seven!) blackberry.
hedges.
I really must make an effort to find plants this year.