Today I made...

[Mesquite]

Damson Jam

Picked 3.5 kg of them this morning, after the sorting and chopping up removing any bad ones I ended up with 3kg which was reduced down to 8.5 jars of delicious jam

 

[British Red]

That looks awesome. Damsons are highly underrated

 

[Broch]

Oh, I do like damson jam

I remain confused, despite repeated attempts at clearing up my confusion, as to the difference between wild plum (prunus domestica) and damson (subsp. insititia). In an area of my land that I am allowing to 'scrub up' a number of 'wild plum' trees have grown and produce their first fruit this year (only a few plums, but it's hopeful) but what looks like exactly the same tree and fruit along the local canal people call damsons!

 

[Pattree]

Yeah! Folk pick “damsons” from the road side of my hedge. We call them bullace which may well be just as wrong but they are much sharper than damsons. My (actual) damsons are bigger and have a much richer flavour. The fruit from the hedge does well in gin but I wouldn’t make a crumble out of them.

 

[Mesquite]

That looks awesome. Damsons are highly underrated

It tastes even better than it looks Hugh.

I cracked the small jar to have some with a slow cooked turkey thigh I did for dinner tonight

 

[British Red]

It tastes even better than it looks Hugh.

I cracked the small jar to have some with a slow cooked turkey thigh I did for dinner tonight

Always a good use. I love sloe jelly with pigeon in a similar way

 

[British Red]

Oh, I do like damson jam

I remain confused, despite repeated attempts at clearing up my confusion, as to the difference between wild plum (prunus domestica) and damson (subsp. insititia). In an area of my land that I am allowing to 'scrub up' a number of 'wild plum' trees have grown and produce their first fruit this year (only a few plums, but it's hopeful) but what looks like exactly the same tree and fruit along the local canal people call damsons!

Prunus hybridise here at the drop of a hat. We have true sloes, plums, damsons, bullace, gages (green and golden) & all manner of weird inbred offspring. That's okay though. It's Lincolnshire after all.

 

[Kepis]

Looks delicious Steve, we made a load of Bullace jam a few years back and have that with Turkey/Chicken. Just up the lane there is a huge Bullace that most people just walk past and don't even notice.

Also have Bullace, Damson & Green Gage in the garden, funny enough my neighbour was asking what they were earlier today.