Welcome to October, autumn cooks.
Down in a vineyard in a not-so-faraway state, a college woman and her mother were invited to pick all the Concord grapes they wanted. Audrey Davis reported, “Mom and I wanted to make Concord grape jelly or jam together, just like my paternal grandmother did.”
That is a very sensory way to remember somebody you love: to cook as they once cooked. Concord grape jelly or jam recipes, anyone? And if you have a family memory with a recipe attached, would you share that recipe, no matter what its category?
FIG FIXINGS
E. of Henagar, Alabama, found this treat for fig lovers in an old cookbook. Figs don’t even need to be growing on the bush out back; this recipe calls for canned figs, though fresh should work well too. This recipe was attributed in the cookbook to Mrs. Alfred J. Gipson of Decherd, Tennessee.