Opening up jars: Apricot~Pineapple Jam

iPhone photo  - June 10th, 2011

I just opened up a jar of jam I made nearly a year ago. Part of my promise to myself to open up the older jars in the pantry to make way for my newer projects. You know what? The contents of the jar are even more flavorful and complex than the test jar I sampled right after I made it last July. 

Apricot~Pineapple Jam always reminds me of my grandma....

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70% Plum + 30% Apricot = Pluot*

Updated on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 8:48AM by Brook Hurst Stephens

Four Pounds of "Candy Stripe" Pluots, in the sink:

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Last weekend was quite a thrill ride...

 I'm the cranky one on the left. I'm thinking "I can't believe it's RAINING in Wenatchee!" Luckily, I cheered up as soon as I got inside.

      Normally I'm knee-deep in fruit about now, but I took a little break last weekend to go to my Eastmont High School Class of 1980 Reunion, in Eastern Washington. It was so much fun seeing everyone, and thanks to Facebook, I was able to study up on most of my classmates before I got there. It helped immensely when I had to match a name to a face.

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