Tea and Toast

I can hardly believe that summer is half over already. With her quick visit so many things get crammed into summer that we really should stop and enjoy.
Like making jelly with the little honey or the kids or grand kids. It is so much fun to make the sweet fruity jelly and jam that you will enjoy long into the dark, cold winter.
 My hubby and I have a morning routine when he is home from his work. Tea and toast. Its a wonderful tradition and something we cherish as very special time together and while sometimes due to the weather the precious tea and toast may include a warm blanket fresh out of the dryer (if its really cold) it will always include our homemade jams and jelly. Now this isn't breakfast, usually tea and toast is either an event that happens so early in the morning it may be followed by a nap if one got up too early or it is treated like an actual tea and served around 3 pm like our eastern neighbors. No matter when you serve tea and toast you will enjoy it, how could a fresh cup of tea and a piece of toasted homemade bread, covered with butter and jam be bad? Its a great way to get some of that precious lost family time at the table or on the porch back. I know if a visitor is ever lucky enough to be included in our tea and toast, it is all they talk about for days! LOL. So grab yourself a cup or a beaker for your tea and start thinking about the wonderful jelly you will make this year.

My Jelly and Jam List

Hot pepper jelly
Blueberry jelly
Cranberry-Rhubarb
Grape Jelly
Apple
Marmalade orange-lemon
Peach Jam
Strawberry Jam
Rhubarb will go the fastest, its unique flavor so special in Alaska!! Goes so well with Caribou sausage and egg breakfast and especially well with tea and toast.

Just follow the simple recipes in your sure-jell preservative for jams and jelly's and hey, send me a pic I would love to post it. Kay