Guava jelly

I grew up watching, and sort of helping, my dad make Crabapple Jelly every year.

Jelly is easy to make but it's messy if you are a slob like me. I don't use a thermometer so knowing when it's done is just a guess. There's a spoon drip test. The proper consistency is called sheeting. It drips off the spoon not in two drops but in one. Determining the precise moment that happens is fun. Or you can cave and use a thermometer.

Anyway, my sister, who lives in Mount Pleasant, has two guava bushes and this year they are producing a bumper crop. I have a garbage bag full. The top layer of about 18 or 20 guavas produced three jars of Guava Jelly. So it looks like jelly making will be going on all week. I expect about 40 jars.

I just ran into a Floridian who is a connoisseur of Guava Jelly and  who was suprised to hear that guavas grow in Mount Pleasant yards. Hey, BANANAS grow in Mount Pleasant yards. Lowcountry banana trees are now PRODUCING BANANAS. The P&B Home and Garden section had a story about it in September. Global warming, anybody?

Speaking of Florida, today's GMLc, at the mothership, is about pink plastic flamingos.

I can't even talk about Bowen's Island burning. I've been eating there since I was 15 or 16. Amy, BOOKCUZ blogger, has a great post on Bowen's Island memories.

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[bookczuk]

Thanks for the mention! I may have to do more of my posts as public now.

Even if it's just a shed and a fire circle, it'll be back and so will I!