FIL has been working for the past month getting the cabin ready for family use, and this was the maiden sleep-over. Between figuring out sleeping arrangements for 3 toddlers (for 3 nights) in a one room cabin, my dad's barking dogs, and figuring out how to celebrate my birthday while camping, it was all an interesting adventure.
The cabin, located along a river, somewhere in the Maine woods :)
In addition to some other cooking I did (I made a batch of homemade glazed doughnuts...which hopefully I will have the chance to post about in a later blog entry) we cracked open a jar of the now infmaous Wild Violet Jelly.
The taste verdict: it is delicious as well as beautiful!
It has a very fruity flavor, which you might not expect. It almost had a flavor similar to watermelon flavored candy, but much more mild. Everyone who dared to try it liked it. I am looking forward to the possibility of making more (although the violets are starting to dwindle and go by now that warmer weather is here).
Here is a photo of my birthday breakfast, hearty & rustic camp food. Grilled sausage, salsa & cheese scrambled eggs made on the Coleman camp stove, and my homemade honey wheat bread toasted on the grill. The violet jelly loses some of it's former beauty when it is about to serve it purpose in life, hahaha:
Thanks for reading! Diana, The Ivy Kitchen
