Today's work includes picking Wealthy Apples, freestone peaches, and Red Bartlett pears for tomorrow's NorthSide Farmers Market. Denise came out to help, but the crop is just coming so it did not take us long.
I am really disappointed in the size of our fruit this year. I thought all the rain that we had would make large fruit, but now I am wondering if lack of sun caused the fruit to stop growing. One thing that I do know, so far everything I've "taste tested" is very, very good.
On Wednesday or Thursday, Denise and I are planning to make peach butter and other goodies. I've never made peach butter so asked Denise about it. She said that basically, you just cook down peaches and mush them up, like you do for apple or pear sauce. She does not add sugar, but I am thinking that a touch of local honey (ours!) and a bit of apple or pumpkin pie spice would be nice. I won't know until I try it, and I am really looking forward to our cooking day!
Marcheta *busy, busy
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