I'll take his word for it.

Summer's harvest is in full swing.  We've already put up strawberry jam, raspberry jam, Logan berry jam, and blackberry jam. Then we did cherry, plum, and apricot jams.  Even a few figs made their way through the jamming process.

Tomatoes have been turned into salsa.  Cucumbers turned into Polish, Kosher, and Auntie Faythe's refrigerator pickles.  So far, we've only canned peaches.  (Well, we ate plenty, too.)  If there are any left at Bi-Zi Farms next week, we'll make peach jam.  Then we'll probably do Tomato Basil spaghetti sauce in the next couple of weeks.

We are truly enjoying the preserving process.  The gadgets we bought have made it simple.  We don't do too much at a time.  Just a few jars in the evenings we have free.  We've tried not to do Sunday marathons - don't want to risk it losing its shine.

Today was an exception.  It's a holiday and we've already had our fun for the weekend.  So, we got up and turned a box of Honeycrisp apples into applesauce.  We were done by 11am.  Then, since we had finished early enough, we decided to make something with the bag of Walla Walla Sweet Onions that I had picked up.

As often happens, I find the most interesting ideas while cruising down a rabbit hole on YouTube. I had run across several clips of people making onion jam last year.  Linda and I even gave it a test run.  According to those who eat them (onions), it was a total success.  When I mentioned onion jam this morning, the husband was a bit skeptical.  But then, he acquiesced.  Here's how we made it.  He says it's really good.  I'll take his word for it.

Onion Jam

INGREDIENTS

8	lg Walla Walla sweet onions, chopped
1	stick (1/2 cup) butter
2¼	cups balsamic vinegar
3½	cups brown sugar

Directions

1. Sauté onion in butter until caramelized.

2. Add balsamic vinegar and brown sugar.

3. Simmer until sauce is reduced and syrupy.

4. Load into jars and can in water bath canner.

Oh, one last bit of advice.  With this many onions to chop, you might want to get yourself one of these!  Makes quick work of any chopping/dicing/mincing/slicing job.