Fresh Peaches

When I was growing up there was a farmer that lived about a mile from my house who had acres and acres of fruit trees.  Her name was Grandma Pack, and she was out planting new trees and picking fruit well into her seventies.  Her son runs the farm now, and he has the most amazing peaches on earth.  Last week my mom bought the very last picking of Red Haven peaches, all eleven boxes of them.  Red Haven peaches are our favorite.  The skin is smooth, hardly any fuzz at all, and it peels off easily, without having to blanch in boiling water.  Plus, there is just something delicious about eating peaches the same day they were picked.

I’ve been eating peaches all week.  Sunday was peach pie, yesterday was peaches and ice cream and this morning I had a peach smoothie for breakfast.  It was heaven.

I have a lot of work to do.  I’ve got four boxes (which is two bushels) of peaches to wash and slice and put into jars before tomorrow night.  I’m going to be busy.  But I absolutely LOVE having those jars of peaches all winter.  I think I’ll freeze some too so I can make another peach pie.  It was so good me and my mom sat down and finished the whole thing.  I mean, Scott and Creamie had some too.  But some things just don’t keep in the fridge overnight.  Peach pie is one of them.

For my smoothie I put 3 peeled chopped peaches in the blender with some vanilla ice cream, a little milk and a big spoonful of brown sugar. Tomorrow maybe I’ll try adding oatmeal to the mix…. I’ll let you know how it goes.