Makeup and The Tomboy

Like so many things lost in the modern world the art of jam and jelly making without pectin has almost been lost. It doesn't need to be this way though! Yes, yes a little more time is needed to cook these old fashioned style delights but it is well worth the time.  I will admit I have never used plums before. I in fact went to the orchard for peaches (which I got 1 1/2 bushels off) but when I saw those plums, so ripe I could smell them, well, about a bushel of them came home. So of coarse I had to pull out my vintage recipe books and look around for some to uses. Some are drying, some are canned and some are jammed.  In an old church book I found a simple recipe I could put my own spin on. The one I found was a simple, just 3 ingredients,  plain Jane nothing added jam and from there I took off.  With a little knowledge from experience I knew by adding a liquid in this case vanilla I would want more acid so the amount of lemon needed to be adjusted. So it was and this little reci

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The season is upon us. The zucchinis have invaded our homes! Like many people who have had that bumper crop of these summer squashes you may be trying to find ways to use them up. Now of coarse you can grill, roast, fry and can them as well as pickle and or freeze them, but sometimes you just need something else too.  This dip is creamy and perfect to take with you to bar b ques and picnics or just to chow down on in front of the t.v..  Have a kid not to keen on the zukes? This may just be your opening to enlighten their taste buds!  Not to mention very easy and quick to make! Ingredients: 1 7-8" zucchini chopped small 1 8 oz. package cream cheese 1 8 oz. container sour cream seasoned salt of choice per taste This is pretty simple. Cream the cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Stir in the zucchini and then season with your favorite seasoned salt to taste.  Serve up with veggies, chips, pita or pretzels.  The base is simple and other veggies can easily be substitu