Jam....... lovely

I made jam for the first time. Plum jam, we had a glut of them and it is sssssssoooooooooooooooo tasty. What a mess it makes though, I see the need now in having the right equipment for the job.

Plum pie, oh my word

I made a plum pie for the first time ever and with my own plums from the allotment. It was delicious but almost didn't happen. When I was making it I put my hand through the bottom of the lose bottomed pie tin and nearly had plum pie shoes. I made a vanilla custard to go with it and I have never tasted custard as lovely as that for a long time (bit of a cheat when I do custard normally and use the tinned stuff - but never again!).

Recipe available on request for both plum pie and vanilla custard.