Just another day in the kitchen

I could'nt let summer get away without making some jams so I started with Peach jam from a box of seconds I brought home from Grants Pass.

That turned out okay so when I was at the grocery store the following day and saw these nice bags of plums I thought, why not. So I bought them, brought them home and whipped up a batch of Plum jam.

We do love our jams around here. I buy a jar everywhere I see them in gift shops when we travel. I just love to try different ones, don't you?

Well I still had half a box of peaches left over and was looking through my canning book trying to decide what to do with them when I came upon the recipe for Peach Salsa.

Peach Salsa

So I began making my salsa by peeling the peaches, dicing the onions, red pepper, cilantro and then, when I got to the four, HUGE, Jalapenos, I did'nt think to put on a pair of gloves. Well from 1:30 in the afternoon until 8:30 that evening, guess what? Yep, my hands were on FIRE. Funny now, haha, but trying to do all I could to stop the burn, not so. I went out and watered the yard, along with my hands, for about an hour. I soaked them in milk, I rubbed burn cream on them, I sat with ice cubes and a towel on them, I washed and washed and washed to no relief. The burning stopped when it wanted to. While all this was going on, I am also trying to help my husband get things set up for my party next weekend. This was not an easy task to do when your hands are on fire as if they are in an actual fire. The sun made them hotter, the wind made them hotter, touching them made them hotter. You get the idea everything made them hotter. I have never had a burning over my whole hands before. Yes, I have done this before.

When I finally called it a day and went to bed, my thumb tips were the only things still burning. Had to keep them outside the covers.

They say old dogs can learn new tricks. Well, where's my trainer?

 

And to think I only got four pints out of all that.

Just another day in my kitchen.