In the earliest of property valuations found in the orphans court they describe their estates, the dwelling house, it's size, the out buildings, what they are built of, the garden and what condition the fencing is in and they inventoried the orchard.... lots of apple and peach trees, a couple of quince and cherry trees and a couple of damson plum trees. Everybody had them. They knew what was good.
Just standing stirring the pot is a trip down memory lane. The memories of helping make it as a child, hand covered in that purple goo trying to get every seed out, the smell of it cooking, chatting while someone stirred the pot .... and then the moment you waited for all day long....fresh damson jam on hot biscuits, and knowing the next morning it was more of the same!
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