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Raspberry Jam Overflow

Raspberry Jam Overflow

 

The raspberries looked more beautiful than I imagined, tempting me to buy more than I needed. Carrying them home I thought of the raspberry tarte that French Husband's nephew had made for us the other evening, and wondered if I could duplicate it.
But first, Confiture, jam, was on my list of things to do.

 

You might be wondering why I do not have a raspberries, nor a tarte, nor or jam to show….

 

 

Raspberry Jam Overflow

 

 

The pot was simmering when the phone rang.
The doorbell rang with friends popping in, which led to coffee & coversation. After I remembered something I wanted to do at a friend's house, and left the confiture simmering…

Red was the color of the wall, sticky mess was on the stovetop, and raspberries stuck to the bottom of the pot my reward.

But that is something I am not going to show you because I am still steaming about my forgetfulness, and do not want to remember it when I look back on my blog when I am eighty years old.

 

 

Raspberry Jam Overflow

 

Instead a photo of the raspberry tarte that French Husband's nephew made.

It was delicious!

Comments

30 responses to “Raspberry Jam Overflow”

  1. Sam

    I’d gladly tell it if I could remember. That tarte looks wonderful, Frenchmen know how to cook.

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  2. jackie

    I’m glad to hear I’m not the only “loopy” forgetful one…

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  3. Lilly

    I totally sympathize.
    We had to buy new pots because our old ones were ruined by the times we forgot and burned things in them. We chose new ones that are nearly indestructible we hope.

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  4. kim

    I feel for you, sista. Sticky messes on walls and ruined pans are no fun what-so-ever. The tart and the smiling Frenchmen, however, are lovely. Thank you for the photo.

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  5. Bev

    Oh,I have done that tons of times with rice. It is not fun.

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  6. Penny

    Oh, dear, what a mess to contend with.
    I once dropped a pumpkin pie while trying to rearrange it with something else in the oven on Thanksgiving morning. It slipped and landed with a “blop” – most of the “blop” blipped up onto the ceiling and walls. Hot blop. It’s funny now byt wasn’t at the time.

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  7. Sheala

    I am so sorry about the mess, but that bowl in your photo is the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen.
    Thanks for posting it’s portrait.
    XOXOXOOXXO Sheala

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  8. Brenda, Walker, LA, USA

    Oh My!! I ask The Lord to bless you with “Joy in the cleaning”! I have left broccoli simmering and forgot about it, what a stinky mess! At least berries are sweet! lol…

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  9. Vicki Bonne Amie

    You are too funny Corey!!! Did it come off the walls?

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  10. Rhonda P.

    I know how you feel, it makes me mad when I do the same thing. Have I ever told you about the eggs in a baggie, trying to tarnish metal pieces and what that smells like days later when you forget where you put it? BAD real bad.

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  11. Marilyn

    Oh dear, I can just imagine the mess.

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  12. elizabeth kirkpatrick

    WE ARE THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I have that problem too!!!!

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  13. Amy Kortuem

    Oh no!!! I forgot some wild rice on the stove once…the smoky smell took forever to get out of the house.
    The tart looks so good. Will the nephew share his recipe?

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  14. Merisi in Vienna

    Oh, you poor baby!
    I have burned a number of things:
    * at least three Chantal tea kettles (solved the problem by – finally, what took me so long? – to buy an electric kettle when I moved to Vienna)
    * uncounted pots of rice (I have learned to start rice with boiling water from the electric tea kettle, then watch water and rice boil up again and then turn the heat off: works every time)
    * I overheated my little Alessi espresso maker twice. The last time it was so bad the heating element of the stove and the espresso maker glowed red and were stuck together. And yes, my Alessi works fine to this day, rubber gasket included: a mirable!)
    (Corey, do I remember some cherries from Annie’s garden?) Maybe you should outsource jam making?)

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  15. pam

    Raspberries are my one weakness! So sorry about your jam making escapade, but just think of the fun you will have telling your grandchildren about it one day. That raspberry tarte looks amazing!

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  16. deborah

    You tell the tale in the cutest way! I love red rasberries, so I would be unhappy too…and it sounds like something that would happen to me. I definitely sympathize!

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  17. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    Oh, I hope your walls didn’t stain from the berries 🙁
    I’m scared to use a pressure-cooker for fear that the lid will blow off and I’ll have a mess all over the walls and ceiling 😉

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  18. LibbyWNZ

    I love raspberries too – last autumn when we thought we were moving house, I dug up our plants & put them all in pots. We didn’t move so my job is now to replant them. Haven’t ever had enough to make jam or even a pie – after sharing with the birds, I just stand in the middle of the patch & eat straight off the canes!!!
    Those burnt pots aren’t fun to clean 🙁 🙁

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  19. carol

    Awwww….:( One time I burned boiled eggs! They exploded! Ka pow!!! I too, had forgotten that I put them on to boil! That’s just one of many mishaps! It happens, but so sorry it happened to you and your beautiful rasberries!

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  20. deb

    Oh, dear! Did you not also have that episode with the cherries awhile back? It’s good to know that other people burn things – I’ve actually had to throw away some cooking pans because the burned food became one with the pan. I’ve been cooking for decades, so no excuse except not paying attention, or attention it too easily diverted!
    If the fire alarms goes off, dinner is ready!
    Sorry about your mishap – it’s so much work and SO frustrating!

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  21. Laurie in SF

    Simmering..
    Sweet nothings in the bedroom between a husband and wife.
    On the stove,
    A pot of burning rice.
    Red hot.
    Setting off the building’s smoke alarm.
    Which directly calls the fire department, which leads to six firefighters pounding at the door, which leads them to walk through the apartment and into the kitchen.
    “Ma’am we’re here to put out the fire.”
    And boy did they ever.
    No fire, just a burnt pot and one very embarrassed husband and wife.

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  22. Beverly

    Oh dear..you do not have much luck with jam making do you? As I remember the cherry episode too..I remember once making jam, the natural way, with like only sugar.
    Lets just say we had extremely sweet black berry juice which no one drank..I wound up pouring it down the sink.
    I never attempted it again.:(

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  23. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi B
    You are right! The cherries and now the raspberries. Though the odds are in my favor for jam making, the last two times were the only times I burnt it. STILL!!!
    lol.
    C

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  24. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi Laurie
    “Ma’am we’re here to put out the fire.”
    “And boy did they ever.”
    LOL!!! Great line for the story you told.
    C

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  25. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi Deb….
    Yes!
    Ugh.
    C

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  26. Beverly

    Don’t give up, like I have Corey..
    Try, try and try again! I know you can do it! 🙂

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  27. Kiki

    I had such a minuscule raspberry ‘harvest’ this year that I took my frustration to the shop and bought myself three jars of lovely, heavenly, delicous preserve (confiture). 100% deliciousness (65% raspberries, cane sugar, no additives or other stuff…..), boiled in copper kettles on slow fire; I am reconsiled with the world – the confiture is wonderful!
    Don’t sweat that small stuff, raspberries are for EATING not cooking! 🙂 bon appétit chérie

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  28. Maria

    Corey,
    Exploding pans and messy walls – a small price to pay for a busy life and loving drop-on-in friends!

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  29. Deirdre

    Oh no! I would have sat down in the middle of the floor and cried. Will you try another batch?

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  30. jackie

    Brocante guessing game…is it a decorative tile?

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