... and I'm sweating in the kitchen making gooseberry and elderflower jam .... am I mad?
Tomorrow it's 3-fruit marmalade that will be on the go ...
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Disconnected jottings by the Rector of "The Saints" in rural north-east Suffolk, England.
“The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognise God’s image in someone who is not in my image, whose language, faith, ideals, are different from mine? If I cannot, then I have made God in my image, instead of allowing Him to remake me in His.”
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
"You know you have created God in your own image when He hates all the same people you do."
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
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- Rev. Richard Thornburgh
- Benefice of South Elmham and Ilketshall, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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The Windsor Report
"The Windsor Report" is just a Report. When did it become like The Bible? The Covenant - why do we need another Covenant? We have the Baptismal Covenant. We have the Creeds. What else do we need?
Bishop Martin Barahona
Primate of Central America.
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Primate of Central America.
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Things to Come
There shall in that time be rumors of things going astray, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia-work base, that has an attachment. At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight o'clock.
("The Life of Brian")
("The Life of Brian")
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- Culture hits rural Suffolk
- The scene of my exertions
- A wet one
- That was a heavy one.
- A wonderful sight
- This will please some people!
- It's almost here! Aaaachoo! (oink!)
- This is fun
- So, it's going to be one of those months ...
- A thought to ponder
- Fern Britton's best giggling moment
- Feeding the beast
- That should lose a few lbs
- Mistaken identity
- The Torch is out ...
- And then in the evening ...
- And an afternoon of ...
- T'was on a Monday morning ...
- It's half past 10 on a hot sultry evening ...
- I know it's schoolboy humour, but ...
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The Higher Truth
Wherever opposite views are held with warmth by religious-minded men, we may take for granted that there is some higher truth which embraces both. All high truth is the union of two contradictories. The truth does not lie between these two, but in a higher reconciling truth which leaves both true.
The truth will be found, not in some middle, moderate, timid doctrine, which skilfully avoids extremes, but in a truth larger than either of these opposite views, which is the basis of both, and which really is that for which each party tenaciously clings to its own view, as to a matter of life and death.
Rev. Frederick W. Robertson M.A.
Opening words of a sermon preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 10th March, 1850.
The truth will be found, not in some middle, moderate, timid doctrine, which skilfully avoids extremes, but in a truth larger than either of these opposite views, which is the basis of both, and which really is that for which each party tenaciously clings to its own view, as to a matter of life and death.
Rev. Frederick W. Robertson M.A.
Opening words of a sermon preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 10th March, 1850.
A thought
There comes a point in your life when you realize
who matters,
who never did,
who won't anymore...
and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future..
who matters,
who never did,
who won't anymore...
and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future..
Last Words
"As I grow older and older
And totter toward the tomb,
I find that I care less and less
Who goes to bed with whom."
attributed to Dorothy L Sayers
"It’s all been rather lovely"
John Le Mesurier
And totter toward the tomb,
I find that I care less and less
Who goes to bed with whom."
attributed to Dorothy L Sayers
"It’s all been rather lovely"
John Le Mesurier
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ReplyDeleteGooseberry and elderflower jam? Would you mind posting the recipe?
ReplyDeleteUse gooseberries that are firm and slighty under-ripe.
ReplyDelete4.5 lb gooseberries; 6 lb sugar; 1.5 pints water; 12 heads of elderflowers* (see note).
Top and tail the fruit - best done with a pair of scissors. Wash and put into saucepan with the water. Bring to boil and allow to simmer until fruit is soft. Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
At this stage add the elderflowers - you can draw the heads through the jam or put them in a muslin bag and add to the boiling mix. Test the flavour.
Boil until seting point is reached. Put into warmed jars and seal.
*Note: by this time of the year there are no elderflower heads remaining. I used approx 2 tablespoons of neat (home-made) elderflower cordial instead - its sugar content allowed the extra liquid to add to the set.
There's real alchemy as the jam sets - the green mush turns a deep red and looks wonderful!
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe still have some elderflower heads in the woods, so timing is perfect.
But did you really mean to use a third more sugar than fruit? I usually only ever use half the weight of the fruit in sugar.
Know how fortunate you are to have gooseberries and elder-flowers? Asks one who has lived in the US South for decades.
ReplyDeleteErica - sugar is as the recipe gives it. I used a little less since I was adding elderflower cordial with a high sugar content. Has turned out fine.
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