Saturday, September 6, 2014

Cranberry Jalapeño Jam

A few months ago I got a craving fro cranberries; a Cranberry Craving. I determined the best way to satisfy the craving was to make some jam. I mustered up the energy to concoct two varieties,  cranberry orange jam and cranberry jalapeño jam. It was a labor of love. The warm jam jars were cooling on the counter, and I my jars looked like little soldiers of deliciousness, standing at attention, ready to battle bland food.  I'm not an especially tidy cook.  My husband likes to comment that I'm "prolific in the kitchen." By this he means I have made a terrible mess. So like the Prince Charming that he is, he pitched in to straighten the kitchen.  The kitchen looked tidy. The jars were almost done cooling, almost ready for their labels...Then it happened.  I turned my back for just a moment. Before I could rescue my segregated jam jars, my husband had combined the lot altogether and put them in the pantry. FYI: Cranberry Orange Jam and Cranberry Jalapeño Jam look totally identical.  I have absolutely no way of knowing if I'm opening something that will taste amazing on waffles or if I should dump it on a brick of cream cheese and serve it with crackers.  So I just have both waffles and cream cheese ready to go. That's being prepared.  That's also what you get when you're "prolific in the kitchen" on jam day.


This is either two jars of Cranberry Orange Jam, two jars of Cranberry Jalapeño Jam,
 or one jar of each.  Only one way to find out.



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