02/01/2026
Good morning everyone...I got some what side tracked yesterday but here I am. I want to talk about my helpers today...those who make it possible for me to get the jam on the table. Most of you know Kathy from seeing her at the Cedar Market. She helps out in my kitchen chopping asparagus, beans, jalapenos, garlic...lifting all the heavy stuff. Last year she pretty much made the asparagus when I tore my tendon in my arm! I bought it, washed it and got everything ready. I have never seen a person cut asparagus like her!
When we do the market together all we do is laugh! How perfect is that?
Then there is Susan (those are her hands). Susan is my neighbor and we've become very good friends and lives across the street. I met her when I moved down from the hill. My crooked fingers don't want to do what they used to so Susan zests the lemons, peels the apples,chops peppers, tops and tails gooseberries, pulls currants, tops tayberries and even pitted the damson plums which she said she'd NEVER do those little B**T***S again!🙂( I'm sure I'm forgetting something but I'm also sure she'll let me know!😉 There are days I run across the street, fruit in hand, in my pj's or maybe dressed, drop it off and the job gets done and she's so quick! Last year when I couldn't lift and I was in the middle of doing beets, Susan's partner Lonnie would come over and put them in the waterbath after I filled the jars and I'd call him 30 minutes later to come pull them out. Seriously don't know what I'd do with out them.
So you see...I Be Jammin really is a joint effort...I am blessed having these 3 in my life...and the end product gets on the table and that makes everybody happy.🙂
I hope this finds you all well.
