Vermont Woods Studios » violet jam http://vermontfurnitureblog.com Fine American Made Solid Wood Furniture Handmade & Custom Crafted in Vermont Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Violet Jam From Malhana Farm http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/violet-jam-from-malhanna-farm/ http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/violet-jam-from-malhanna-farm/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 08:32:34 +0000 Peggy Farabaugh http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=556 Annette found a recipe for Violet jam the other day and recruited me to help with it.  I don't know why.  I think she thinks I need to get away from the computer screen.  Anyway I always welcome the chance to unwind on the farm, whether it's picking violets, feeding carrots to the horses or [...]

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]]> Annette-hera-picking-violetsAnnette found a recipe for Violet jam the other day and recruited me to help with it.  I don't know why.  I think she thinks I need to get away from the computer screen. 

Anyway I always welcome the chance to unwind on the farm, whether it's picking violets, feeding carrots to the horses or cracking up watching Annette call the cows down for dinner.

Here's a shot of Annette and Hera picking away under the 150+ year old maple tree.  

     

 

Violets  

 

You wouldn't believe how long it takes to pick 4 cups of violets ;)

 

 

 

      

 

Violets steeping

The next step is to pour boiling water over the violets.  I had to have a glass of wine to do that. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

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Then the violets steep over night.

 

  

Next add tons of sugar and lemons.

 

 

 

 

Violet jam
Look how beautiful the result is!

 

I had some for breakfast on a bagel this morning.  It was absolutely delicious. 

 

We're going to send some out to customers. 

 

Annette's thinking about rose jelly next.  What do you think?

 

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