Stocking up

I did not grow up with picking berries, canning or even knowing what a chokecherry was.

In fact, my first taste of a chokecherry was when W offered me one, picked right off the chokecherry bush. AGH! There is a reason the first part of the word is "choke"...

BUT... if you add a lot (emphasis on a lot) of sugar... it sure makes a

totally delicious syrup!

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So, I try each year to make a batch of chokecherry syrup.

I have to admit that this is the one domestic task that makes me feel

out of my comfort zone...

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Apparently, that is not all that bad.

Here are my jars all labeled and ready for the coming year.

Pancakes, watch out!

I'm all about cute labels, by the way.
I had fun designing these.