"Signs" drabbles by Neville Hunt
Rolling, rolling, rolling!
Signs #2
This week I’m on a roll! Not one roll, but three... and three more to come. Thelma’s vegetable barn inspired me with bags of beautiful orange shiny Sevilles. Time for Neville’s Seville 2022... lots of it!
I gave a nod upwards to my mum. “I’ve not forgotten what you told me, Mum!” I knew she’d be watching so it seemed only right she should get an acknowledgement.
Three batches so far, three more to come. Boil, boil, boil... ignore the thermometer... keep boiling until the rolling boil, not just a vigorous boil, but rolling. Then the crinkle test.
Perfection x3.
Signs
Signs #1
Spoke to my mum today. Oh I know, she died over 20 years ago, but she reminded me today, marmalade making day, of the signs to look for...
“To get a good set Bob (she called me Bob), you must wait for a rolling boil. Forget this thermometer malarkey... far too technical, and not always reliable. You have to look for the signs and do the crinkle test for the set!”
So I waited while it boiled, and boiled... and then, yes!... the ‘rolling boil’... and the ‘crinkle’ told me it would set.
Thanks Mum, think I’ll make some more!
