Overrun by ‘cots
June 19th, 2007 by Scott
It is June, and you know what that means? The apricot plague. Our extremely prolific apricot trees throw down some serious ‘cots. This seems great until you realize it all happens in a two week span. Most apricot recipes call for something like 2-3 apricots, which doesn’t help us much. So after we have flooded friends and neighbors, we are forced to make hundreds of gallons of apricot jam to deal with the sheer volume. Nicholas now plays that all important (and previously unfilled) role of “yelling and banging stuff together.” Sumo continues to play role of “eating anything that falls on the floor.”
6 Responses to “Overrun by ‘cots”
Wow, that looks yummy…
What is the cost for shipping? We will take 10!
“Oh, Auntie Minna’s cooking, cooking the syrup.
Oh, Auntie Minna’s cooking the maple syrup now.
From the sugar that costs over thruppence the pound
And the ripe apricots that have dropped on the ground.
Oh, Auntie Minna can cook maple syrup so sweet,
That the folks come from miles just to eat.”
Those are the words from a song on a 78 rpm record that I used to listen to when I wasn’t much older than Niko. It was called “Songs from the South African Veldt” by Josef Marais. I always wondered how they could make maple syrup out of apricots, but I suppose it was a matter of translation. Anyway that jam looks like it would make a nice golden syrup.
How much??? I’ll take 10 too.
So much to look at among this group (the cute blue eyed kid mostly), the cots, the jars, Sumo, and Scott’s legs that it took me a second go-around to notice the countertops! The look great. Okey, now I need to see a little strawberry blond baby girl posted on the blog with her cousin.
The ONLY jam that Rick will eat is apricot preserves. If you have any left over, we’d love to sample some. I can trade you for grape or elderberry come october. Or of course, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!