庭の柿でジャムを作った。
この日記に何度も書いているが、この時期、毎朝夕の落ち柿の始末が大変だ。鳥が啄んで半分になったところで落ちる柿も二つや三つではない。始末しないでおくと我家の小庭は、まるで大酒飲みの酔っぱらいの臭いになってしまう。穫り入れすれば済む事だけれど、そして甘い柿なので穫り入れしたいのは山々だが、みな高い枝に生っている。数えるさへ面倒なほど、おそらく三百個は優にあるだろう。
風の吹きようで両隣の家の敷地に落下するので、顔を合せるたびに謝っている。それで昨日、高枝伐り鋏がとどく限り、しかも少しばかりだったが、切り落した。もちろん落下するや柿は割れて散った。しかし落ちても割れなかった柿も30個ばかりあった。仰向いて作業をつづけて、足許がふらついてきたので止めたが、じつはその30個ばかりの柿でジャムを作ったのだ。
40分ほどで出来上がった。ペクチンを抽出するために、やはり庭の土佐文旦を刻んで入れた。レモンの代用である。甘さは控えめの、添加物なしの純正柿ジャムである。ありあわせの広口瓶を煮沸消毒して詰めた。詰めた後、蓋側を下にひっくり返して置く。こうすることで日持ちが良くなるのである。
I made jam from persimmons in my garden.
As I wrote in this diary many times, it is trou-
bleto get rid of the fallen persimmons every
morning and evenibg at this time. There are not
two or three persimmons that fall when birds
pecked and halved. If I don't get rid of those,
my small garden will smell like a heavy drinker.
It's okay to harvest it, and since it's a sweet
persimmon, I want to harvest very much, but all
grow on tall branches. It's annoying to count,
probably 300 are well.
The wind was blowing and it fell to the site of
houses on both sides, so I apologize every time
I met. So yesterday, as long as the high-branch
shears arrived, and only a little, I cut them off. Of
course, as soon as it fell, the persimmons broke
and scattered. However, there were about 30
persimmons that did not break even if they fell.
I turned my face upward and continued to work,
and I stopped because my feet were swaying, but
today, I made jam with its about 30 persimmons.
It was completed in about 40minutes. In order
to extract pectin, I also chopped Tosa Pomelo in
my garden. It is a substitute for lemon. It is a
genuine persimmon jam with a modest sweet-
ness and no additives.
The existing wide-mouthed bottle was steriliz-
ed by boiling and packed. After packing, turn the
lid side down and place it. This will improve the
shelf life.
Tadami Yamada
