Monday, July 13, 2009

A jamstress...

Once upon a time there was a lovely, slightly plump jamstress who wanted to make the world's greatest raspberry jam, a family favorite.



This jamstress was also semi-adventerous and went wake boarding on her magical Kingdom's birthday, even July the 4th, with her prince. Whilst her children were outsourced to darling babysitter they adore.



And she rocks!
Anyway, back to the tale at hand. She wanted to make the world's greatest jam. But the kingdom said "In order to have a successful jam, one must add an obscene amount of sugar in order for it to work." The jamstress, in an effort to actually taste the fruit in the jam rather then the sugar, sought out the wisdom of "Oh-wise berry lady" on top of ole' yonder hill in the berry patch. "Oh wise berry lady" directed the Jamstress to a wonderful thing called Pomegrante Pectin which reacts with the Calcium in the fruit rather then the sugar and said, "Cook it, little Padawan." So the Jamstress, cooked her jam (this is the secret) and added only a cup of sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice.





And the Jam gods, smiled down with favor upon the young, adventurous jamstress with a jamming success. And all the children of the land, young and old, lived happily ever after (for the rest of the day.)

With smiling faces too!

THE END

9 comments:

Ryan and Amber said...

Mmmmm - Love homemade jam and that is one area that I may rival you in! :) Glad you got out on the water too - you look like a freakin' rockstar!

Heidi Hamilton said...

Slightly plump...HA! You're crazy! And looks like you're also a crazy-awesome wake-boarder and jam-maker! Mmmm...send some down yonder, would ya?

Samurai Mom said...

Oh, I want to taste some. AND would you quit referring to yourself as plump - as if!

thehaucks said...

Slightly plump? Did you see those legs up on the wakeboard? PLEASE!? Looks fun! I would love to taste that jam-- I add about 4 cups of sugar to mine! Yikes!
Can't, can't wait to see you!

Ryan and Shannan Hoffman said...

Yum! That looks fantastic! And you are not plump at all! I only wish I looked like you!

Betsy said...

You are hilarious. Mel said you're going to be in town when we're all getting together in a couple weeks! Hooray! I'm excited to see you and chat. Have I told you Chris has been interviewing with a group in Oregon?

Andrea said...

You Rock! You know, you seriously should write a book...you have a way with words, my dear! I LOVE reading your blog and always look forward to it. That jam looks divine. I must make me some. YUM YUM! I miss wakeboarding. We haven't been on the lake for oh so long. I hope you enjoyed it for me :) Love you guys!

Andrea said...

I forgot to mention....

PLUMP....PALEEEZE!!! You are so far from plump! You have always looked terrific and still do! GORGEOUS!

JoyRGardner@gmail.com said...

Love you, Jamstress! You do rock:)