Whisky in the Jar

Confession time.

I have a ridiculous passion for Kilner jars.  I don't know why, because I have no idea what to put in them most of the time, but they just look so wonderful!  Until today I owned one solitary 250ml Kilner jar that was given to me full of Quality Street one Christmas a decade or more ago and I've kept it ever since because I was convinced that one day I would learn to make something worthy of such a magnificent receptacle.

The difficulty of what to make has just been multiplied by quite a serious quantity!

This morning Stephane from next-door was in the middle of some attic clearance and asked me if I would like a load of jars that he was about to take to the recycling centre, as Corinne already had more preserving jars than she could use.  Little did he know....

I jumped at the chance and spent all afternoon washing and drying the little darlings.

Then I stacked them all up for a group photo.  Aaah!

Whilst I browse the pages of the Goddess, trying to decide whether I want to make Rhubarb Schnapps or Quince Brandy (I've got until September to decide about the Quince Brandy!), I filled a couple of the jars with some almonds that our friends Annick and Dominique from Nimes gave us - almonds from their own trees!