Summer reading list:

• Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer
• Sushi & Beyond - Michael Booth
• Mastiff - Tamora Pierce
• A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin (as soon as I finish A Feast For Crows)
• Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
• Kafka On The Shore - Haruki Murakami 

Summer bucket list - Make Jam

So I have ticked off one of my "to-do's" on my summer bucket list .

The jam I made was old fashioned raspberry jam, using this recipe. Every summer my Nan would make raspberry jam, using berries grown in her garden. My Nan passed away nearly 3 years ago, and I miss her and her homemade jam, so I made this jam in memory of my lovely lovely Nan, and I hope that she would be proud!

Here are some photos of the jam process and the finished product...

the ingredients (and some homegrown spinach not included in the jam of course!)

  mashing the raspberries

stirring in the sugar to make a syrup like mixture

jarring the jam

the finished product - label from Frankie Magazine

all the jars of jam

ready to eat!

I used fresh raspberries bought from the local farmers market and caster sugar.

xx