Experimenting in the Kitchen!

Our Fredericksburg trip was rather fruitful! We came home with a peck of peaches (plus a small box full thrown in for good measure), and we had high hopes for our fuzzy friends! Bill was determined that we were going to make ourselves some jam - not just any jam, but jalapeno-peach jam. We LOVE spicy-sweet jam poured over a block of cream cheese paired with crackers or chips. Yummy.

So - we decided to give it a go! Here is our purdy peck o' peaches:

And here they are peeled, pared, and prepped for puree! I think the one smack-dab in the middle is smiling! :)

Then the peaches were introduced to some spicy friends! And a splash of zing...

After all the mixing and mingling in the blender and getting sugar-coated in the sauce pan, they needed to be separated and put in a nice bath!

After their bath, they were left alone to settle a little...

We still had some jalapeno-peach goodness in the blender, but not quite enough to fill the remainder of our jars... so we thought a new friend might liven the party. Meet red pepper!

This group got a little messy and required separation, bath, and settling time, as well...

How did it turn out you ask? Well, we had to wait a full 24 hours before we could introduce the jalapeno-red pepper-peach jam to our good friend cream cheese. And, after waiting that long with watering mouths and enormous amounts of anticipation, I didn't get any snapshots of their meeting. As a matter of fact, their party was a fairly quick one as they got along so incredibly well they became one and left the scene on a flying carpet of crunchy goodness that took them to a place where we believe heaven was tasted for a short period of time.