Jamming with Sunchowder’s Emporia Recipe

Jamming with Sunchowder’s Emporia

September 4, 201465 Comments

There’s an age-old rhythm to making jams and pickles that plants us in the seasons, the land, and our heritage. It’s the rhythm that grows out of rituals practiced by countless generations pouring potions of pickling spices, vinegar, and sugar over freshly picked cucumbers nestled in large jars. Every time I slip a thermometer into a roiling pot of fruit, sugar, and spices, I flash back to my 4-year-old self, obediently sitting on a high stool, watching a woman who was like a grandmother to me magically make preserves from the juicy, plump blackberries we’d picked that morning in long white gloves to protect our arms from the briars.

Just as Freemasons…