FOR THE LOVE OF... rosemary.

WRITE DOWN YOUR RECIPES

I’m infamous for not writing down a new recipe.  I am totally convinced in the heat of the moment that I’ll remember exactly how many teaspoons went into something.  Or that a year later, I’ll be able to recall what it was I put into a jar with rosemary.  Every year, I let myself down, this year being no different. 

A customer came up to me and said “… are you that lady that made the jam with rosemary in it?”  Yep, that’s for sure me.  I have a slight obsession with rosemary.  My husband, does not. 

“Are you going to make more of that?????!!!!”.  He was REALLY pumped up and had this huge grin on his face.  It was at that moment that I remembered… HE was the guy that told me that under NO circumstance would he entertain JAM that had rosemary as an ingredient.  He couldn’t stand the stuff he said.  I quickly opened the sample I had and dared him to take a taste.  It was actually a triple dog dare.  I was 60% certain I could change his mind and I was 100% correct.  He bought 3 jars.  Had it not been for the delicious sweetness and incredible flavors of that jam, he likely would have had a sourpuss look on his face – having to eat crow and admitting that rosemary was in fact, NOT terrible all the time. 

Great story, huh?  I mean, what a testament to what I’m mixing up in my kitchen!!!

Yeah, except the fact that I have NO clue what else was in that jar.  Was it peaches?  Pears?  How much rosemary?  Did I chop the rosemary, ground the rosemary?  What other ingredients were in said jar of amazing goodness?

NOT.  A.  CLUE. 

So, I had to tell this wonderful man the truth.  “I’d LOVE to make that jam for you again.  Any idea what else was in that jar???”.  I felt so dumb.

“Pretty sure it was peaches… but I don’t know what else.” He stated.  I told him that I make up my recipes as I go… tasting this, squeezing in a drop of this, a tad of that… and that I don’t write my recipes down.  I confessed it was stupid and I needed to do better.

He told me there was no way in hell he would be able to do what I do and that my recipes were incredible.  And he told me I need to start writing them down.  Also, that when I figure out what that recipe was, he’d love for me to call him so he can buy more this year. 

Jeesh.  What now?  Where do I go from here?  I’m hoping SOMEONE out there has an empty jar where the label hasn’t been washed off and I can see what the ingredients were.  I don’t think it was incredibly complicated, but I do want to replicate it right the first time.  The reputation of rosemary is on the line here people! 

SO!  If you are out there, dear customer of mine, and you just HAPPEN to HAVE a jar of something that once upon a  time had (or still has) rosemary in it – holla!!!!  My payment to you is a free jar of jam… and my forever undying love for saving my ass and making another customer happy about loving rosemary.

Love & Light.

#jamitout

#butteritup

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