Jam Tomorrow - but Cider ASAP !

It may be a humdrum life on the "rock'n'roll" - the job hunting, the shopping, the cleaning, the photo "post processing" (tee hee), the general air of "aargh" ... but every now and again you get a real "body swerve from the norm". Yesterday whilst shopping, I got some nectarines from the "reduced counter" at the Co-op (eat sharpish like !). Mrs Smiffy ate one - and pronounced "pants !!" OK, one down three to go - but thanks to the beauty of Google - and a very simple recipe - I can now offer up the following ...



Yes, my first ever effort at jam making - it's cooling down at the moment, so God only knows if we've got a decent seal on the lid - and a decent consistency underneath it (the only pectin used is the natural stuff in the fruit) !!! Naturally I'll be the guinea pig once it's "done" as they say in the jam-making circles (myotoxcins and all that stuff) ...

However - on a more serious note - early "fall-out" from today's Budget - Cider prices will rise 10% ABOVE INFLATION - no doubt an attempt to stop the tramps (and the young 'uns) from "larging it" on White Lightning, Crumpton Oaks and the like - but it's going to cause some serious damage to the economy in Somerset and Hereford I'd have thought - already a protest record has been released ...



Just typical "21st Century Labour" really - what ever happened to 'screwing the rich' ??

Now - a plate of Mrs Smiffy's "red hot" curry (made last night while I was at football) - and then breathing fire over all at college !!
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