Gentle friends, we stopped by the Farmers Market again on Sunday and here's some snaps..... ... it was an overcast cool day, with temps in the upper 50's, a typical Summer day here by the Bay..... loving the cool weather!! ... this is the "corn guy" we got more corn from him and have been enjoying it the last couple of days. ... we also picked up some mushrooms from Mushroom Adventures from Marysville...... ... a nice bright spot on a grey day......

I also wanted to pick up some peppers, I saw lots of different kinds the week before and really got a hankering to make some of my Dad's Pepper Jelly.  He used to make dozens of jars of the stuff yearly to give away around Christmas.  It was some good stuff!!

I've tried many different brands of Pepper Jelly over the years and none really compares to the sweet/hot stuff my dad made.  I think one of the reasons is that he used quite a few more peppers than most recipes call for and that really makes all the difference - with his recipe in hand, I set out to make some myself...... ... gathered up the fixins' and wham bam, about an hour later I was pulling these from their water bath..... ... there was actually a ladle or so left after filling the jars that I poured into one of the extra jars and put in the fridge, so we could get a taste.  I had forgotten that my dad's recipe made a stiffer jelly than I like, so the batch I make tonight I'll cut back some on the pectin and see how that goes - you know I can never leave a recipe alone and always tweak things as I go along........
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