Jam basin
budding · planted 2023-08 · tended 2023-08
Granny's jam basin is copper, wide, with two handles, from her mother. It must be scoured with ash and lemon before and never with soap. Jam in it keeps the colour. In a steel pot it goes brown. I have tested both in her kitchen this year, to prove her wrong. I did not prove it.
Apricot and a few kernels, a handful of walnuts for the last ten minutes. Sugar by feeling, not by weight. Notes continue in On apricots and patience.