Fall is in the Air: Enjoy the Last of Summer Bounty While You Can!

The cool weather has arrived and summer is going fast.

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The cool weather has arrived and summertime is going tight . Summer crops have stopped bring about in my zone 7 garden ; just picked the last tomato , though still have some herbs to harvest and chiles are ripening on the vine . The summer fruits – peaches and plums – are also dwindling , so now is the time to delight this last summertime bounty . Harvest from the garden or stop by your local farmers ’ market place or farm stall and enjoy the last of this seasonal produce for supper – or put some up .

Here is a elementary and quick English recipe for Old - Fashioned Plum Flummery using the last of the plums along with some of those leggy , sweet-scented geranium which need cutting back . you’re able to also utilise peach , nectarine or salmon pink – and experiment with your favorite herb in billet of the scented geranium .

And speak of England – I will be off to the Ozarks next week for their annual Herb Harvest Fall Festival , which takes place the first weekend of October – and is sincerely an extravaganza attracting herbies from around the state . This class we are featuring the British Isles and there will be everything from Irish folk euphony in the Heritage Herb Garden , a in high spirits Camellia sinensis supper , proper English afternoon tea , hats and glove , wenches and jesters , not to mention programs on topic from odes to old herbal , nettles , tea , wild immigrant plant , British and Scots - Irish uses of medicative plants , and garden of the Emerald Isle to dyes of the Scottish plaid , plant explorers , the murphy and the pleasures of Irish cookery . There is still room to contract up for the two - Clarence Day seminar , though the in high spirits tea supper is sold out . For more information go tohttps://www.ozarkfolkcenter.com/events/?isofc=1&id=1774

Plum Flummery

mummery is a pud made from stewed fruit that is more often than not thicken with cornflour , most often berry , and sometimes has milk or cream added . Many old formula for flummeries , which are think to have originated in England , were cook with oatmeal to make them boneheaded and gelatinous . It is more hearty , though delicious if oats are used . ( loosely the oats are soaked overnight to soften them , then cooked , and the yield is added to them once they are just about done . ) Later formula were inspissate with gelatin ; mummery are often season with a spiciness , herbaceous plant and/or a sweet vino .

I prefer Pelargonium ‘ Rober ’s Lemon Rose ’ for this sweet , unclouded afters , since my scented geraniums are long-shanked and ask cut back . It makes a adorable flavor combining . Lemon herbs , orange mint or Monarda would all combine well with plums . Or try out any of the stone fruit like peaches or apricot tree . A flummery is similar to a fruit fruit compote – cook this a few minute more if you require the fruit very soft – I like it with a turn of grain . Also if your yield is very good it will need less cooking time . mummery sometimes have feel in them ; supplant 3 tablespoon of the urine here with the same amount of a sweet sherry , Madeira , white wine or even elderflower liqueur , for a game edition . The fruit gives off succus when ready . assist this plain , over vanilla extract glass cream , cake , or waffles , French toast or flannel cake or for breakfast with yogurt . Serves 66 firm , ripe plums , sliced and pitted6 tablespoonful scented geranium sugar6 scented geranium leaves1 tablespoon cornstarchAbout 1/2 cup water2 teaspoons lemon juiceCombine the plums , sugar , cornstarch , and herbaceous plant leaves in a overweight - bottomed saucepan and put away well . tot the water and lemon succus and place over average heat . Bring the plum to a simmer , stir , reduce heat to spiritualist low-pitched , and hatch . Cook for about 8 to 12 bit , stir now and then .

You may need to add another tablespoon or two of water system if the liquid cooks down to quickly . Test with the crown of a knife for doneness . Cook for a few minutes more for a soft fruit . do warm or at room temperature . Remove cooked leaves , if desired .

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Fruit flummeries are very quick to prepare and tasty to have on hand. They are lovely for dessert, as a snack or for breakfast with yogurt and perhaps a bit of granola. Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger