One advantage of being a small handmade producer of preserves is that you get to meet a wide variety of people of all ages, who most of the time always have a chat about your products and the old saying "this is just like my mother used to make" is often heard.
As regulars to this WEB Site knows I have always liked listening to peoples stories and even ideas for new preserves often emerge. Last week was no exception I was attending our regular Farmers Market at Leamington Spa as normal when one one of my now regular 80 year old customer came to seem me to purchase as normal her 2 pots of preserves. Audrey (a spritely 79 year old) every month like clockwork purchases a Seville Marmalade and a Strawberry Jam (infact I get it ready for her before she comes at about 9:30 in the morning) came clutching a brown paper bag in her hands which she gave to me saying "This used to belong to my late mother and I believe you should have it". On opening the bag I found inside an old recipe booklet printed by the British Government Ministry Of Food during WW2 containing recipes for various items including "preserves" which made use of the limited availability of products during the war years.
On reflection after she left my stall and looking through the booklet that Audrey gave me I felt very touched that she had given this obviously treasured booklet to me and decided then that I would produce a very limited selection of items from this booklet to show my appreciation.
Therefore I will be producing 4 items from this vintage booklet produced by the Ministry Of Food which will be a Parsley Honey (This being a substitute for real Honey), Green Bean Chutney, Orange And Apple Marmalade & the old favourite Apple Chutney.
These items will only be produced in 45ml jars and will sell as part of our "45ml Pick And Mix Selection" at £1:20 each or 2 for £2:00
