Category Archives: Summer

Sandhill Plum Jelly Hits the Pantry Shelves!

This time of year I get a ton of hits on my post on sandhill plum jelly.  That post is rather sad, but for some reason Google likes it.  For those of you who land on that post and find your way here, I'm hoping this post does a little better justice to ...

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Watermelon & Rull Kuka

As a child, every August meant there would be one meal consisting only of watermelon and rull kuka. Yummy! I imagine all of you know what watermelon is, but most of you are probably scratching your heads at the rull kuka? Well, my German mother, of Mennonite background, managed to fill my stomach with many dishes ...

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Sandhill Plum Jelly

Find more information and a much better jelly tutorial in these two posts: The Sandhill Plums are Blooming Sandhill Plum Jelly Hits My Pantry Shelves I grew up picking sandhill plums in late July. They are tart cherry-sized berries that grow on thickets ...

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