Yesterday a small group of folks gathered at my house to make huckleberry jam with berries we have harvested over the last two years. Our style of processing to make jam involves frozen huckleberries, canning jars, pots, sugar, lemons, a few adult beverages, and the telling of tall tales from the huckleberry patch and beyond.
This year’s jam session included
plenty of stories about grizzly bears and mountain encounters with confused out-of-staters. Most impressively, we managed to produce 67
eight-ounce jars of jam. No small feat, that.
After finishing with the jam,
we enjoyed a Montana-style lunch consisting of an elk roast and grouse pot pie.
Both were delicious.
All of this while snow
occasionally sifted down around my house.
A perfect way to spend a winter day.
My Kitchen Before Making Jam
Jars of Jam Cooling
in my Den
—Mitchell Hegman
One of the saddest things about not living in Montana/Wyoming is the lack of real huckleberry jam. I threw down for the one remaining jar I found at the Amish store the last time I was in Wyoming.
ReplyDeleteThat is a problem! I made the mistake of sending a four jars to Manila. Desiree and her family are now addicted to the stuff! If you ever get near Helena, I would be happy to gift you a couple jars.
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