Going to Oroville at different times each year affords us a chance to sample a variety of fruit. Early August is Apricot season and this year's crop was bumper.
We have four or five of these trees in our own orchard and each one is a different variety with a different flavour. Four of the trees were so ripe we felt obligated to clean them right off and either eat or process all of them. You can see in the above photo that there is a bit of shrivelling happening from the extreme heat.
No, this is not a mooning contest at a baby convention. The fruit was really hanging that heavy. This was the 'greenest' tree and we only picked a few ripe ones from it, saving the rest for next week's guests.
busylizzy got busy and canned four cases of quart jars full of Apricot mash, mostly for her dad who eats it on his porridge in the morning. He no longer comes here so he appreciated it greatly. We also had some that she sweetened and we had it in abundance on waffles and toast.
This is a typical Oroville breakfast in Apricot season.... toasted squirrely bread and coffee. This comes either before or after the waffles, bacon, and scrambled eggs. Did I mention that I gained some weight?
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