Blue Damson & Armagnac Jam Day

Well of course I hadn't used up the plums (which I now realise are damsons) but I had run out of jam jars. This morning I took a quick trip into Pezenas for Le Parfait jars. As is often the case, everyone wants to know what you are going to do when you buy 18 bottling jars, so when I said I was making jam I had an uninvited, but welcome, lesson in bottling from a random french woman in the shop, then I was on my way again. Even as I left the store someone wished me bonne confiture. This afternoon's batch seemed to go pretty well again. The guests were complimentary about yesterday's efforts, pronouncing it excellent with this morning's pain de seigle - rye bread.