Maybe a bit of lingering heat on the back of your tongue, but honestly, if I hadn’t told you there were habaneros in it you probably wouldn’t have noticed. I added two entire habaneros to one batch, not knowing just how spicy the final jam would be. Because this jam (excuse me, jelly)? It’s pretty great indeed. More likely it was just a coincidence and the result of a disorganized fridge, but I like to think there was something greater involved. The universe clearly wanted some plum-habanero jam.

And the ziplock bag with habaneros that Michelle had given me from her garden just happened to be sitting on top of it. And I’d strongly suggest that you do the same.Īs I was trying to decide what flavor combination I should make this year, Taylor pulled out the bowl of prepped and pitted plums from the fridge.

No matter how busy I may be, when I see a lonely basket of Damson plums at the market, I buy them without hesitation.

Every year since then I’ve obsessively stalked the Farmers’ market, just waiting for the Damsons to make their brief appearance (usually sometime in late-August or September). Lucky for all of us though, my curiosity got the better of me, and the few pounds I brought home with me that day ultimately became my original Damson Plum Jam, still one of my favorites to this day. The first time I saw them (being the grape hater that I am) I almost ignored them completely. These unremarkable looking little plums often get mistaken for mutant blueberries or weird grapes and overlooked entirely. I’ve made my love for Damsons very well known.

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