A little bit purple

I’m not sure my friend Robyn knew what she’d let herself in for when she volunteered to help me make some jam. I’d planned to make apple and plum jam, and a caramelised onion and spicy apple chutney. I’d also wanted to make some apple jelly, but my last attempt, although it was very tasty, did seem a lot of effort for little reward.

We first needed to pick the plums. This wasn’t too difficult as the plum tree was quite bountiful this year.

The apples we had picked at my friends were really good, and it wasn’t long before we’d prepared the plums and the apples and were boiling up some jam.

What I omitted from saying to Robyn is that plums leave your fingers and nails looking a little bit purple!