Changes in the weather!
What a tropical summer we are having in Melbourne! As documented earlier, this has impacted on my garden, with the demise of this years grape crop. It has however brought out fabulously juicy apricots! - There is always a silver lining!
So as Myles watches the weather radar, and gets excited about the cloud bursts over our house (over 40 mm in the last 3 hours), I have been hard at work making apricot jam. This will be the last season from this tree - and she is going out with a bang!
For those of you who make jam at home, you should note that humidity changes timings for jam setting. For example, this mornings batch set in 10 minutes rather that the usual 15. Our barometer tells me it is 80% humidity outside at the moment - very unusual for Melbourne.
So as Myles watches the weather radar, and gets excited about the cloud bursts over our house (over 40 mm in the last 3 hours), I have been hard at work making apricot jam. This will be the last season from this tree - and she is going out with a bang!
For those of you who make jam at home, you should note that humidity changes timings for jam setting. For example, this mornings batch set in 10 minutes rather that the usual 15. Our barometer tells me it is 80% humidity outside at the moment - very unusual for Melbourne.
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