Using up the Plum Glut

[endymion]

I add the kernels from about 5 plums into the jam when I'm making it - really does add a different depth to the jam!

I do the same with apricots, put the kernels into one of those little metal 'tea infusers' so they don't get lost.

[BroadRipple]

I want a plum glut!

[BroadRipple]

er...and have just bought a plum tree. against all sense and reason. YOU MADE ME DO IT.
help.

[chris]

Just to note, by kernels I mean that I cracked open the stones, extracted the reddish-looking kernels - soaked in boiled water from the kettle for a couple of mins, and then pushed them out of the reddish skins - they're white, so easy to see in the jam - and each kernel has two halves.

It's definitely the best (if not, on par with strawberry + vanilla) jam I've made so far.

[susieq100]

Mrs Beaton always recommends adding the kernels to stone fruit jam!

[Aisles]

I do the same with apricots, put the kernels into one of those little metal 'tea infusers' so they don't get lost.

As long as you don't use the kennels of the peach as they contain the active ingredients of cynide and you'll poison every one.

[arpoet]

As long as you don't use the kennels of the peach as they contain the active ingredients of cynide and you'll poison every one.

ahhhh.. you shouldn't have told me that.. i grind em down for the o/h's coffee