Peaches have to be the best fruit ever. Maybe the best food ever. They're right up there with a good ripe apricot or fresh raspberries on a bowl of special K.

Peach Jam in particular is divine. If God has jam on her toast, I'm betting it's peach jam.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to find good peach jam in a supermarket. Peach jam is a bit runny, and I suppose that makes it commercially unsellable. Luckily it is easy to make, although we haven't done any since the year my first daughter was born (literally a couple of days before she was born).

However, this afternoon Indira got inspired, and picked up 4 6-quart baskets of fresh, beautifully ripe Ontario peaches, and after dinner we got to work ...

We've just bottled the last of it (12.5 mason jars!) and I wiped the pot with a bit of toasted flat bread. Warm jam on toast ... mmmmmmm ...

(click next page for Grandma's recipe)

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