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Plum-A-Palooza!

freshly picked plums in bowls  All of the sudden it seems every plum on the tree directly in front of the house was ripe at once.  Pounds and pounds of plump fruit needing attention immediately!

 

 

 

 

I started Monday with plum muffins which I luckily got to share with some friends passing through town.  I used fresh duck eggs in this yummy recipe.

plum muffins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday is made a delicious plum clafoutis, which is a crustless tart. I used this recipe with almond milk instead of cream/milk and it turned out perfect!

plum  crustless tart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I spent a few hours in the hot kitchen canning plum jam.  I made two batches from two recipes, this was a new one for me.

plum jam

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Plum Season

plums in wood bowl
fruit trees
Plums are ready but we will have to wait for Asian Pears.

It is plum season here on the farm.  Our wild cherry plum trees are just dripping with fruit along side our domestic fruit trees.  Dealing with this much bounty can be overwhelming so I try to just do a little bit each day.  Today I plan to make a plum custard and plum muffins.  Tomorrow I will have to come up with some more creative ideas on how to work through all this fruit.  One simple way- eating one fresh, ripe, juicy plum at a time.

plums in wood bowl
Plums picked and ready to be prepared.