Moving to the Country, Gonna Eat Me A Lot o' Peaches

My girlfriend (and SIL, Sin) thinks that song ISN'T about peaches.... and, after listening again, I tend to agree. I mean, as much as the whole "coming from a can" part sounds all officially "peachy", that's not what the song is about. Liars.

Besides, everyone knows peaches don't come from no cans! Peaches come from the hudderites down the street.

And for a REALLY great price too! ;)

I got a case of peaches the other day, and decided that me and my best friend, Jean Pare, would try out a few less-known peach preserve recipes. My mom was a huge Company's Coming Cookbook collector, owning every.single.book and frankly, ALL of us daughters are hooked too. We grew up with her awesome and simple recipes, and are now cooking for OUR families the same things we tried and loved. And, what's not to love with an old lady whose clothes always matched the cover of the book!?

So, I did this. Start with THIS:

Then, decide on this recipe:

And also this one, since you think you'll like both:

Then, after slaving away, on a hot day, in front of this *......(moment of reverence for the beauty and awe that is my gas stove!!!)......*

you end up with this:

Love it.

But, like EVERY year, (remember this LAST year? No, I am NOT making more salsa or zucchini this year!) I caught the canning bug and went to the farmer's market today and bought three more cases of peaches, AND pickling cucumbers. Not to mention the tomatoes growing in our garden. And, the loser that is me is totally excited to try out new peach and pickle and stewed tomato canning recipes. Me and Jean's gots a HOT date, baybay, me and Jean!