Pepper Jelly

13Sep10

Yesterday, all I wanted to do was make pepper jelly. As the day progressed and one thing led to another, I ended up having to make a lightening run to Birmingham to visit the apple store with Austin’s sick iPhone. It was a hardware issue. They replaced his phone, and I didn’t get home until 6 last night.

Austin and I are nuts about the pepper jelly, and Alabama is good for growing peppers. Originally, I thought I would make it straight from my garden peppers, but I didn’t plant enough this year- Austin ended up buying my portions from the farmers market on Thursday. A beautiful, random selection of sweet peppers and hot peppers, and I had a few habeneros from the garden for good measure.

As a side note, have you ever smelled a raw habeneros pepper? As I was chopping, I kept smelling this sweet floral smell. A little fruity. I picked the habeneros up and it smelled so lovely! It also brushed up against my face, and the spot tingled for hours!

I love jamming. Every time I do it, I get such a sense of satisfaction. I made 18 adorable little jars of pepper jelly last night. And they’re stinking good!