Every summer, we get a 5 pound basket of figs from a neighbor who has several large fig trees.  We gobble down about 1 pound of them, and then look at the rest until, sadly, they get moldy and have to be thrown out. 

Determined to make this year different, and in my Suzy Homemaker mode, I decided to make fig jam.   I went out to my local Ace Hardware and bought all of the equipment that i would need – a large metal pot to boil in, a pair of canning tongs, and ball jars.  

A quick internet search of Fig Jam led me to a 2008 recipe on epicurious.com called Drunken Fig Jam.  I had all the ingredients – brandy, sugar, figs, and lemons.  So off I went on my merry canning way.

It was a really easy process – rinse and cut the figs into quarters,

 add the rest of the ingredients, and boil for about 30 minutes.

 Then, after sterilizing the jars, I put the jam mush in, sealed the jars, boiled the jars some more, and voila! 

 Six half pints of drunken fig jam.

Next up, fresh Georgia peach jam…..yum.

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