I just can't bear to throw some things away, especially if it seems as though there is a perfectly good use for it. My grandparents were aces at not wasting. They saved everything and made the most of it. I aspire to their ingenuity in that regard. The difference is, I don't want to save everything, just what I can really use. They had accumulated a lot of stuff that was apparently useless. Here are a few examples of my more practical frugality in action.
When Mom was finished pitting the sweet cherries, there was a bounty of beautiful pits with bits of cherry flesh clinging to them. The bowl of pits smelled so delicious, with a solid note of almond. I was inspired, thinking to myself that there must be a lot of flavor in those bits of fruit and pits. What could I do with them?
Well, I have read that pits and seeds often contain a lot of pectin and that cherries canned with the pits take on a nutty flavor, so it seemed logical that I could boil the bits and pits to create a flavorful juice infusion for making jelly! I looked online for a cherry stone/pit jelly recipe and was without luck. So, I made one up myself.
When Mom was finished pitting the sweet cherries, there was a bounty of beautiful pits with bits of cherry flesh clinging to them. The bowl of pits smelled so delicious, with a solid note of almond. I was inspired, thinking to myself that there must be a lot of flavor in those bits of fruit and pits. What could I do with them? Well, I have read that pits and seeds often contain a lot of pectin and that cherries canned with the pits take on a nutty flavor, so it seemed logical that I could boil the bits and pits to create a flavorful juice infusion for making jelly! I looked online for a cherry stone/pit jelly recipe and was without luck. So, I made one up myself.
