But aren't you cuuuurious? And you could get a thousand dollars, couldn't you? It would be worth it, wouldn't it? To know? To taste the jam? And wouldn't it be sweeter for the recklessness? The indulgence?
I once spent 5 hours getting the pips out of half a pound of redcurrants to make Gloria Swanson's Bar-Le-Duc. It was worth it too, as I won second prize in a Women's Institute jam competition. The recipe is here should you wish to while away an afternoon with a goose quill. https://www.silverscreensuppers.com/gloria-swanson/gloria-swansons-bar-le-duc-2
I immediately forwarded this to my boyfriend with the commentary "CHRISTMAS BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS BIRTHDAY"
but why is one of them A THOUSAND DOLLARS
But aren't you cuuuurious? And you could get a thousand dollars, couldn't you? It would be worth it, wouldn't it? To know? To taste the jam? And wouldn't it be sweeter for the recklessness? The indulgence?
Update: broke up with boyfriend; buying myself the jams. "trying a pinecone" now a ritual at the office.
It's months later and I gotta know how the jams were
I once spent 5 hours getting the pips out of half a pound of redcurrants to make Gloria Swanson's Bar-Le-Duc. It was worth it too, as I won second prize in a Women's Institute jam competition. The recipe is here should you wish to while away an afternoon with a goose quill. https://www.silverscreensuppers.com/gloria-swanson/gloria-swansons-bar-le-duc-2