Greg and I were having a short chit chat last night about the whole Wikileaks hub bub, and yes, we both feel that people who leak Top Secret documents are guilty of treason. I’ll have outlive my own life expectancy to find out what Greg did in the Air Force (I think his job description becomes unclassified near my 88th birthday). You don’t hear us gabbing over a glass of wine about his old job…BECAUSE WE DON’T. I don’t care if the documents do contain the menu served at the Prime Minister’s last visit; an oath is an oath. Anyone who doesn’t take the protection of my country seriously will never get invited over for pie at my house, and SERIOUSLY, I make DELICIOUS PIE.
Whew, enough of that serious stuff. So, as is one of my hobbies, I like to invent ways to sniff out a Communist/Terrorist/Otherwise Ne’er Do Well using simple, home grown techniques. My newest? The Jam Overdose Test. You’re now viewing my 3rd batch of summer jam: Bumbleberry. This is a mixture of my neighbor’s black raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. I didn’t have enough of any to make a batch, so I got daring and threw them all together. I can’t wait to taste it.
Here’s my thought: give those in question A LOT of jam. If they say, “Oh no, I’ve had enough”, or “I could never eat this much jam”, they are SUSPECT. He/She is a bad apple. You might be able to sentence off this incriminating evidence alone. How do I know? Because no self-respecting American would ever utter the phrase, “too much jam”. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH JAM.
The only other nation who might be impervious to this test are the French. They also like jam, and I can’t slam it folks. I’ve been to France more than once, and apricot preserves on a croissant just about makes my day. BUT, as we well know, we need not worry about the French. They can’t even win a war with themselves….SO, we let the French go with a nice jar of blueberry jam and our apologies.
God Bless America. And Jam. You would see a batch of red raspberries next, but the girls and I picked and ate them all. Oh heavens to Betsy Ross they were good this year.
5 responses to “A Test Of Patriotism”
I definitely know what you mean about the apricot jam on a croissant – when I was in France I had it every morning – YUM!
Apricot jam is always our fav here..We manage to always have an extra jar in the pantry…..JIm mixes his with peanut butter..and speaking of that did you ever mix oleo, honey and peanut butter together and spread on fresh bread??? Yummy!!!!!!
Please feel free to test my patriotism. Yummy!
Do you know how to make apricot preserves? If so, please share. Alas, Alexa’s berry allergy keeps us away from making good use of the local strawberry, blueberry and raspberry patches. Do we grow apricots in Indiana? I’m such a bad Hoosier. I do have to say I’m relieved to see your patriotism test involved eating jam rather than making it. Eating jam is something even I can do to prove my loyalty to the ol’ red, white and blue!
I do know how to make apricot jam. I don’t know if they grow in Indiana, to be honest. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen an apricot tree. I prefer apricot because it’s not as sweet as berries, which when sugar is added, can be almost too sweet.
I make freezer jam, which is crazy easy to make. Pectin, sugar, stir. Dip your jar in boiling water, pour it into the jar, wait 24 hours, freeze. I have the recipe for all sorts of fruits if you’d like!