Wild Plums!

Dadgum it! Hope it changes it's mind!

Well you can add another package of pectin to it and bring to a boil but when my jelly doesn't set we eat it as very thin jelly. Really last a long time that way, lol. My son's friend says my thin blackberry jelly is the best jelly he ever tasted but I don't think he ever ate homemade jelly before. Also thin jelly is great as a glaze on meat or added half and half to barbecue sauce. Add it to muffin batter. Pour over a block of cream cheese for crackers...

Plum syrup is one of DH's favorites on pancakes

Well, it didn't set. I made cornmeal pancakes last night and we used over half a jar as syrup. but I want jelly, not syrup, so I will just have to do it all over again.

Speaking of cornmeal pancakes, have you made cornmeal dumplings? I like them in things like taco soup, beef stew, chili...

Oh man, cornmeal dumplings sound great! Off to Google a recipe.....

lcertuche said:

Speaking of cornmeal pancakes, have you made cornmeal dumplings? I like them in things like taco soup, beef stew, chili...

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No, never have. Do you have a good recipe?

I just make my biscuit recipe replacing a 1/2 cup of cornmeal for a half cup of flour.

I have never located wild plums in my area but I'm sure they exist. I bought a tree a couple years ago and it looks like I'm going to get a taste of plums this year. I bought a European prune plum to go with it but a rabbit ate it shortly after planting. No I've got cages around my plum trees.

I went from one plum tree, it's an American plum, to four rather suddenly. Somebody at work gave my husband a small wild plum tree because his spread. I'd already ordered a damson plum to go with the one I had. And when I was planting that one yesterday, I came across two shoots that had grown up a few feet away from my American plum. One I discovered after I kicked it over. The other one I put a stake next to it so I wouldn't step on it. I have to refresh the mulch in that area so it's going to take many wheelbarrow loads. I'm going to put cages around the other two trees today. Keep that wascally wabbit away from them.

I finished off the plum juice I had in the refrigerator and made 2 more batches of wild plum jelly. FINALLY! These 2 jelled! Now I have to go back and re-cook the other 4 batches. Grrrrrr......