The big kids helped me cut up and de-seed nearly twenty pounds of those kumquats!
We made 4 pints of candied kumquats and 5 pints of marmalade. We stirred and laughed and listened to music until midnight getting it finished up. The marmalade is delicious! I can't wait to share some with Joe (who is due home tonight!)
The candied kumquats are a variation of a recipe from this lovely book. I made a simple syrup and infused it with fresh ginger slices, vanilla bean and cardamom seeds. It should be ready for a first taste around Solstice! Perhaps spooned over ice cream for a solstice dessert?
{In completely unrelated news, I just reworked the favorite books section above and added some of our favorite chapter books and some holiday/seasonal sections…. do take a peek and see if there is something to add to your library list~}
Sweetbrier Farms Journal 
Very nice.
Say “Hi” to your folks for me.
Wishing you all a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY.
Love
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Same to you…. we are busy and having fun. Much love 🙂
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Yet more evidence that I just need to move in.
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my goodness you are ambitious! looks deeeee-licious! happy thanksgiving!
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Yeah! Good company is always welcome 🙂 ANd I love to share my homemade jam/marmalade/etc to peeps who appreciate it!
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In truth, I misread the recipe and missed the "simmer marmalade for one hour". A rather unexpected discovery at 11:30 pm. But staying up late with he teenagers was well worth the oops!
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Your book section is always inspiring. I wish our library had as many lovely books. I keep putting in requests…sometimes they arrive, sometimes not.
Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you 🙂 I just reorganized my book shop too & sorted books by season. I put in tons of requests at our library too…. sometimes multiple ones. Free books are worth the wait! Happy reading.
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The marmalade looks really good. You stayed up with the kids till 12am? That’s a little late for even me.
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It was a very late evening….. but time well spent with my teenagers 🙂 Plus some really delicious marmalade!
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