J makes lemon jam. I’m sceptical, having made marmalade in Cyprus with only a pen knife to work with. Results were good but process pretty laborious. Agree that there should be sufficient pectin in the lemons and only mildly disturbed by the lack of scales and measuring cups. Haven’t used them for lemon marmalade or lemon curd, both of which were fine, but am dubious about his certainty that a few minutes in the microwave will do it, having made other jams all of which involved rolling boil, cold saucer from the freezer and significant time. Happily, I’m wrong and he is gloriously right. Lovely glass of lemon jam in minutes - and lemons dropping off neighbouring trees by the dozens.
Walk down to the Blue Song for the pre-Christmas gathering. Forgo the mulled wine in favour of a couple of glasses of draft, but there are cakes and mince pies that people have baked and a pretty festive atmosphere. Tables outside and in and whoever was slated to wear the Santa suit must be pretty warm as the temperature is about twenty.
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