Peachy Keen Jelly Bean

From the country...

So I will add to sister's last post with a few quick words. It is so GREAT to have farmers as friends! I received an email from my pal, Duncan Smith over at Two Century Farms who was looking for some direct sales. A little bit of logistics and 5 bushels later, I had peaches coming out of my ears. After a few late nights, I have jars upon jars of canned peaches in simple syrup, more frozen peaches that you can shake a stick at, an amazing peach butter and I am just finishing up the last bite of peach crisp.

Thanks for the peachy hook up, Duncan!

The amazing peach butter recipe is from here.

Ain't Life Just Peachy...

From the City...

Laura got a great deal on peaches from her farmer friend last week.  The day that she picked them up they were rock hard so we thought we wouldn't have to rush to get them done but little did we know that by the very next day, after 1 night of sitting in the van, they would be 100% ripe and ready to go.  So it was pretty much decided that the holiday monday would be spent peaching and peaching we did.   My sister Rosemary and I made 13 jars of canned peaches, 16 bags of puree for our babies and two freezer bags full for cobblers and pies.

1 bushel of ripe and ready to go peaches

Peach Puree for Babes

Trays of blanched peaches everywhere....

So good.