Norwegian Summer Fruits
Is it too late for me to be writing about summer fruits?! The rain is starting to appear more and more here in Norway, but I think August still counts as summer, right? Good. :-)
One of the neatest things about renting our house has been to watch the flowers throughout the summer. I wish we would have taken weekly shots or something because different ones bloomed at different times and disappeared. Definitely a project for next summer!
Along with the gorgeous flowers, we've also had some fruit bushes and a fruit tree. We weren't sure what they were at first when tiny fruit began appearing, but after some research we learned we had black currants, red currants, gooseberries, and a plum tree.
We've been able to gather lots of fruit (especially from the plum tree - I have spent hours picking plums...) and make some delicious treats. We've had to freeze a lot of the fruit because we weren't using it fast enough.
If you have any recipe suggestions please let me know! (And please excuse the poor iPhone-quality photos...)
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| Black currant popsicles - Madi approved. |
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| Plum bread |
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| Top: black currant, red currant, gooseberries Bottom: never-ending plums |
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| Romanian plum cake from a friend who we gave plums to |
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| Plum jam - our first attempt at jam-making! |
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| Plum muffins |
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| Plum squeeze pouches for Madi. |
