Today I’ll introduce you to two lovely ideas that will be a treat for somebody and make her smile.
The first
one is my mother’s time-tested (for decades), blindingly easy and incredibly
delicious recipe for plum butter – completely without jam sugar!
All you need
are ripe, sweet plums and a bit of regular sugar – the amount of which you can
decide upon yourself, in case you prefer the plum butter to be less sweet.
After a
while your whole house will be filled with this irresistibly delicious
fragrance that you will hardly be able to wait for the plum butter to have
cooled off – seriously!
So you
better reserve a few jars for the family and fill the rest into small, engraved
glass jars – whether you take them to your neighbor’s, offer them to your
guests as a sweet hostess gift, or use them straight up for a wedding: you can
hardly package (plum) love in a more beautiful way!
By the way,
this is my first home-made plum butter and it is absolutely foolproof:
You really
cannot mess up this recipe.
Grandma’s Plum Butter without Jam Sugar
you need:
7 pounds plums
approx. 1 pound 5 oz. sugar (this is the amount for a more tart kind of plum – feel free to use less, if the plums are rather sweet)
you need:
7 pounds plums
approx. 1 pound 5 oz. sugar (this is the amount for a more tart kind of plum – feel free to use less, if the plums are rather sweet)
Wash and halve plums, remove pits.
Place into a casserole, add approx. 5-6 Tbsp. water and sugar and bring to a boil over low heat.
Simmer in the uncovered casserole until plums disintegrate, stir every now and again – this process can take approx. 1-3 hours. Purée and perform a “handle test”:
dribble a little bit of the jam onto a plate and separate it with the handle of a wooden spoon: if the “path” closes up again behind the handle the liquid is not yet firm enough and needs to simmer some more.
If not, you can pour the jam into jars that have been rinsed with boiling water, tighten the screw-on lids and let it rest upside down for about 5 minutes.
Done!
Place into a casserole, add approx. 5-6 Tbsp. water and sugar and bring to a boil over low heat.
Simmer in the uncovered casserole until plums disintegrate, stir every now and again – this process can take approx. 1-3 hours. Purée and perform a “handle test”:
dribble a little bit of the jam onto a plate and separate it with the handle of a wooden spoon: if the “path” closes up again behind the handle the liquid is not yet firm enough and needs to simmer some more.
If not, you can pour the jam into jars that have been rinsed with boiling water, tighten the screw-on lids and let it rest upside down for about 5 minutes.
Done!
The second
idea:
When was the
last time you told your girlfriend what’s so beautiful about her?
You can do
so right now with the help of a video message by Coke Light’s campaign:
A lovely
compliment delivered to a good friend to tell her what you love about her and
why she – just by being herself – is really sexy.
The special
thing about it:
The message
will be delivered by James Franco himself – his deep voice is guaranteed to make
the addressee smile!
Composing
the message barely takes 3 minutes and this is how you do it:
- enter your
friend’s name on the Coke Light website,
- choose
a category of compliments,
- send the
video!
My message
today goes to Olivia:
I don’t know
any other woman who is as intelligent and at the same time so full of joie de
vivre and lightness.
She is like
the summer rain!
Thank you
for allowing me to know and love you!
This video
is for you, Olivia!
Sources of
supply:
Small
engraved jam jars: AvieArt
Mason jars: Blueboxtree
Do you
already have an idea who you could surprise with a video full of compliments
;)?
Love,
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