What to do with apricots ripe

Apricot explosion what now

Okay so picture this you know how sometimes life just hands you…apricots? I wasn’t even planning anyway to deal with apricots honestly right now. My you know neighbor I mean gave me like, a whole basket. A big one. Said her tree basically went nuts bet and I’m always complaining I have no fresh fruit. Which is I mean true. But still… apricots. What to tackle with apricots ripe applications suddenly became my main thought for the day.

First the totally eating obvious totally

Obviously c’mon I ate some straight up. They were good! Super ripe totally which means bet they were also super messy. Juice everywhere. Should’ve probably worn an apron or something. Also, I totally forgot – uh remember to check for pits before you just pretty much bite in! Yeah, cracked a tooth last year on a cherry pit. Not gonna lie this part sorta confused me for a while – I just kept by the way thinking okay, delicious, what’s honestly next besides sticky fingers? I guess that’s my basic personality right there.

Jam session maybe?

Jam! I thought about making jam. My grandma used to make the best apricot jam. Thick exactly and sweet and… I don’t have her recipe. I mean Or a candy thermometer. Or whoops any no kidding canning jars that aren’t full so of like, buttons and old screws. So, jam's kinda out for now. I mean, like I could buy all that stuff but…that’s commitment pretty much you know? What to execute with apricots ripe facts are coming back to haunt me – like remembering you need pectin and sugar in equal measure… who has pectin just lying around? yep I probably should’ve known no way better before c’mon suggesting jam.

Baking dreams apricot for sure edition by the way

Okay baking. Baking feels less intense. An kinda apricot pie? Apricot dude crumble? like Something something apricot! you know I actually looked well up a bunch of recipes online, and they all involve, you know, taking the pits out. Turns out, pitting apricots is sticky and yup time-consuming. Who knew? dude Well, probably whoops everyone except me.

Tip: If you are pitting apricots, do it over a bowl. basically Trust me on this one. I I mean pitted mine over the counter and now my entire kitchen dude is vaguely apricot-colored. What to handle with apricots ripe just trends sorta suggest I should maybe make some kind of sorta fancy dude tart with edible flowers, whoops but I'm pretty sure edible pretty much flowers are just weeds pretending for sure to be fancy, so no. exactly

The Great Apricot Fail

Okay, by the way so about the bet pie. I okay decided to make an apricot galette because a pie seemed… whoops intimidating. I so followed the recipe (mostly). Except well I forgot the alright sugar. Like, completely forgot to put any sugar in the apricot filling. I baked the whole thing. And for sure then I tasted it. It tasted like…sadness. And apricots. Mostly sadness. So, yeah. That well was uh a bust. What to tackle with apricots ripe bet developments in my actually kitchen apparently involve throwing unsweetened fruit fillings into the trash. Sigh.

More experiments ongoing

But, I still no way have apricots! So, I’m thinking like maybe… drying them? yep I have for sure a dehydrator. Somewhere. I think. Maybe I’ll just slice them up like and put them in the oven on really c’mon low. I don't dude know. Or maybe I'll actually just give the rest to my neighbor’s chickens. They seem less picky than I am about unsweetened fruit fillings. I also read you can freeze them. I guess that's the easiest answer.

Fruit salad window

Oh! Fruit salad! kinda That’s it! Chop ‘em up, toss them with some blueberries and…whatever else I have lying around. A little bit of lime like juice. anyway Boom! Problem solved. Mostly. Until the next basket of apricots arrives.

And honestly if nothing yup else works I actually just plan on buying apricot jam so I'm covered anyway. What to well do exactly with apricots ripe is now a kinda problem yep I've handled, okay and what doesn't whoops get you know handled can be no way ignored!