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Ya Mare You Be Jammin' Too
Jul. 6th, 2015 11:40 pmIt turns out everypony is making strawberry jam, even Rainbow Dash! So we had a strawberry jam-off this afternoon. The Treecastle dining room was the popular choice. It's huge and it's as cool as a cave.
Everypony brought a fresh loaf of bread (some still hot!) and a jar of jam. I provided the butter and the iced tea as well. Once we were all assembled and the loaves sliced, the jars were opened and the fun began! I was a bit embarrassed by my plain old straight strawberry jam, but I hadn't even planned to make jam at first. I got compliments anyway, or I should say we got compliments as Spike did all the stirring and cooking. I mostly read the recipe and watched the timer and the thermometer. We didn't actually taste Spike's bejeweled jam, but it sure was pretty to look at.
Rainbow Dash had a cloudberry and strawberry jam. They were very early cloudberries, very tart but perfect for the jam Dash made. Cloudberries are very popular in Cloudsdale and thus very expensive. Dash wouldn't say where she got hers. I think she has a secret berry patch on a mountain side somewhere.
Applejack had July Pippin apples in her strawberry jam, Fluttershy combined cherries and strawberries, Rarity made tiny jars of wild strawberry jam and Pinkie had stirred in swirls of chocolate into her strawberry jam while it was cooling. We finished that jar first.
We all promised to give each other a fresh jar of the jam we'd made (they were all delicious), even Spike. Spike's jams will be just to look at, until he comes over to eat it, eventually.
So it was easy for me and Spike to distribute our jars right away, since we had them at hoof. We'll be getting jars from our friends as they drop by in the days ahead.
Everypony brought a fresh loaf of bread (some still hot!) and a jar of jam. I provided the butter and the iced tea as well. Once we were all assembled and the loaves sliced, the jars were opened and the fun began! I was a bit embarrassed by my plain old straight strawberry jam, but I hadn't even planned to make jam at first. I got compliments anyway, or I should say we got compliments as Spike did all the stirring and cooking. I mostly read the recipe and watched the timer and the thermometer. We didn't actually taste Spike's bejeweled jam, but it sure was pretty to look at.
Rainbow Dash had a cloudberry and strawberry jam. They were very early cloudberries, very tart but perfect for the jam Dash made. Cloudberries are very popular in Cloudsdale and thus very expensive. Dash wouldn't say where she got hers. I think she has a secret berry patch on a mountain side somewhere.
Applejack had July Pippin apples in her strawberry jam, Fluttershy combined cherries and strawberries, Rarity made tiny jars of wild strawberry jam and Pinkie had stirred in swirls of chocolate into her strawberry jam while it was cooling. We finished that jar first.
We all promised to give each other a fresh jar of the jam we'd made (they were all delicious), even Spike. Spike's jams will be just to look at, until he comes over to eat it, eventually.
So it was easy for me and Spike to distribute our jars right away, since we had them at hoof. We'll be getting jars from our friends as they drop by in the days ahead.
