Plums

I don’t want to make jam, but was given a bunch.

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

Andy's Orchard opened for the season on May 15. Yesterday was my first visit of the year. The entrance has been roped off like the lines for bank tellers with markers each six feet. Inside the door...

Just was wondering if I missed the season for Italian Prune Plums this year. I usually check Whole Foods in Sept-Oct for them but I haven't been able to get to a Whole Foods or the JFX market for ...

It is the season for the Marian Burros' Plum Torte. In the Lexington MA area I've only found huge Empress Plums, which tend to be more sour and less tender than the "original". Who has found the ...

I love organic stone fruits and almonds from Kashiwase Farm. It's always a summer sensation. I just checked their FB page, but found that they haven't updated it since 2017. Does anybody know if th...

by herby 3 years ago

Welcome to July, 2018 Dish of the Month reporting thread! This month we will be baking stone fruit cakes. A stone fruit, also called a drupe, is a fruit with a large "stone" inside. The stone is so...

by coll 6 years ago

Luckily my area is as sandy as they come. But while I can take a stroll on any local beach (or grocery parking lot!) and pick all the rose hips I want, beach plums are pretty darn hard to come by....

Anyone have any idea why all of the larger stone fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums) are tasteless? I have yet to find a good peach (firm, sweet, ripens well). My go-to is usually Wilson Farms (or R...

by TJFRANCE 4 years ago

Hello all ! Go hop! A small share of my harvest yesterday! The first mirabelles I managed to pick! It is a fruit of the size of a big cherry. Gold color with often a pink / orange face. It is del...

A friend of ours got us a small package of umeboshi as a present. These are small, pickled Japanese plums, apparently from a very exclusive type of plum tree. They are very cute, and our friend s...

I know this posting is early as the season generally runs end of may through early june, but I am hoping to get news of early sightings and hoping that I might be able to find other purveyors in ad...

Every August in the last 16 years - I start looking and asking if the Prune plums are in yet? It seems a religiously seasonal act - but their season is notoriously short. This is the first year tha...

Has anyone seen prune plums in the stores yet? I hope they are not victims of our capricious winter, as the peaches were. Thanks!

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by Gooseberry 12 years ago

I'm getting mixed messages as to whether plums should be peeled (i.e. blanched in hot water, then refreshed in cold, and then peeled) before making plum jam, pickles and chutney. Some recipes say t...

by tatamagouche 12 years ago

Holy crap. I bought a bag (dried). Ate one. I love salt. I lick salt. This was spittingly AWFUL. Not to mention hard. Are you supposed to rinse or macerate 'em first?

I'm hoping the wisdom of the internet will help us locate a farmer who would be willing to sell us a larger batch of umeboshi plums. We are looking for a minimum of 20 lbs to ferment into a swe...