Jam making at Livia’s
Today we are off to our friends’ Livia and Nello’s house near Gracciano in Tuscany. They are 80% self-sufficient and it’s amazing to see how they live. They still live in the way that people have done for years around here. Today we are making peach jam. We’ll be baking it in the wood burning oven and then storing it in jars for winter (if we can wait that long)! I always wonder what people will make out of it, it is not “roses round the door” touristy although it has its pretty parts. We’ll be working in the garage in the shade as it is too hot outside already and its only 10.30am.
Our guests this week are from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Holland, USA and England so we are a real eclectic bunch but its fun to see all the nationalities gathered together with a joint passion for food and learning.
More later
Katie