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Offline smokendevo

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Picking Plums
« Reply #-1 on: September 20, 2014, 10:29:53 AM »
Well after finding out I had found a couple of plum trees where I go and pick mushrooms I decided after coffee this morning I would go and get a basket of them. Turns out you have to be very careful of this type of plum tree as it has 2-3 inch very sharp thorns on the branch,s. I said OOCH a few times.


But in the end it was all worth it. With in twenty minutes I fill my 3 litre basket and than some.
The ones that are soft are very sweet. Glad I found those trees.  :)



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Re: Picking Plums
« on: September 20, 2014, 10:53:45 AM »
Those are some nasty looking thorns!

Whatcha gonna do with all them plums?
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2014, 10:56:47 AM »
Apple plum butter  ;)
« Last Edit: September 20, 2014, 01:07:26 PM by smokendevo »

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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2014, 11:43:38 AM »
Great looking basket of plums, looks like you're all set for winter.  ;)
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2014, 11:48:42 AM »
That butter sounds delicious.
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2014, 01:20:09 PM »
That butter sounds delicious.

Yes it is very good. Once I have some made I am going to dehydrate some to make those chewy candy things :)

Easy to make in the crock pot. Let them cook down for 15-18 hours than run through a food processer. Lots of recipes out there, just grab one and add what ever you like.
I use:
 brown sugar, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cardamom,1 tsp vanilla extract, cinnamon, apple juice, blue berries, red seedless grapes I had in the fridge, granny smith apples.

After removing all the seeds.


Add apple juice to the pot and boil down the flesh from the seeds.


I core my apples, some say don't.


Let cook for 18 hours and than into a food processor.

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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2014, 01:23:36 PM »
That's looking good, can't wait to see it finished.  ;)
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2014, 08:05:44 PM »
This is about 6 hours into it. Smells wonderful.



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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2014, 08:17:12 PM »
Good looking progress so far.  ;)
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2014, 11:29:14 PM »
Lovin' it,great find on those trees!!!!
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2014, 11:34:57 AM »
Busy morning. Got the pressure cooker out and sterilized my jars for the apple/plum butter. Which really is not real butter.

Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of apple sauce produced by long, slow cooking of apples with cider or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes, turning the apple butter a deep brown. The concentration of sugar gives apple butter a much longer shelf life as a preserve than apple sauce.

While waiting for the jars to get done I got busy with the food processor and paraded the butter. Once committing myself to it the fun was over. Its real hard not to make a bit of a mess.  ;D. And the clean up after was a chore for sure.

It worked out perfect for the number of jars I had. Ended up with 19 jars. I put them in the pressure cooker just till it hit 15 PSI. This will ensure a good seal on the jars.

Clean Up Time  >:(


In The Pressure Cooker


The end result
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2014, 02:42:57 PM »
I think I see my address label on one of them jars ;)
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Re: Picking Plums
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2014, 11:19:50 PM »
Devo,you just nailed that cook,very very impressive from the tree to the jar!!

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