Josh hates it and calls it poo jam, but I'm pretty sure he's just jealous.
Yesterday, I made a Jaboticaba Jelly and a Jaboticaba and Port Jam from our copious amounts of Jaboticaba fruit. The jelly has a nice flavour, but the texture isn't quite right. The Jaboticaba and Port jam, however, is DIVINE!
On the shelf at the moment, I've got:
Apple and Lemon Myrtle Jelly (Apples from Stanthorpe, 6 hours away and Lemon Myrtle from our bush tucker garden)
Pineapple and Jackfruit Jam (Pineapples from the local fruit stand and our own Jackfruit)
Dragonfruit Jam (Dragonfruit from our next door neighbour)
Amla Jam (Our own Amla, or Indian Gooseberry)
Passionfruit Jam (Passionfruit from Jeff's friend)
Jaboticaba Jelly (Our own Jaboticaba)
Jaboticaba and Port Jam (Our own Jaboticaba and our own Jaboticaba Port!)
Mandarin and Kumquat Marmalade (Mandarins from Gayndah, an hour away, and our own Kumquats)
It's pretty cool being able to create things from local (and quite often our very own grown!) produce.
We have a few different events coming up soon too. This Friday, Josh and I are heading to Hervey Bay to host an AA meeting... It's an over 50's social group called 'Alcohol Appreciators' and they get together once a month to sample some wines. We've been invited along to present our wines and liqueurs - and hopefully sell a bucket load!
Then next Saturday we're attending the Relish Food and Wine Festival in Maryborough. It's focussed around the beautiful local produce of the area and should be a lot of fun. Originally we decided to give it a miss, as we weren't sure if we'd have enough produce to attend. Then the guys at the Fraser Coast tourism office twisted our arm...so we're going. Not only that, we've also been asked to present a thirty minute 'foodie presentation' to the festival go-ers! We've teamed up with a local chef and we're going to collaborate on the presentation. It'll be a pretty nerve-wracking experience, but awesome exposure! (Lets hope we sound like we know what we're talking about!!)
After that, we've got a seniors group coming to visit for an orchard tour and wine tastings. Then the Childers Festival at the end of July.
Aside from that, we've had a few 'issues' with the local council. It seems like we've turned a bit of a corner with that though, and that's as close to a win that we're going to get. The cellar door is quietly ticking over. Weekends have picked up a little, however there are still quiet days during the week. We still need a way to convince the booze-lovin', big-spendin' caravanners to call in and spend up.
Aaaaand...I think that's it!
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