Tonight you get to see the results from when I helped with Drying Apricots.

In my previous post I went through the process of how to cut and dry apricots. Here is a picture from the previous post showing a tray of apricots ready to be dried.

Here you get to see some of the fruits of my labor. You can see that the apricots have dried out, but still have some moisture left in them. They have a nice texture and a very good taste.

Here is another picture with a little closer look at the inside of one of the dried apricots. They have such a beautiful color on the inside. I have been enjoying some of them tonight.

I was also sent home with a jar of apricot preserves. I have not yet opened the jar, but I look forward to trying this out on toast or in a peanut butter sandwich.

I did not mention in the previous post that we saved the smaller and firmer apricots for use in making preserves.

I really like the way that the preserves look in the jar. Especially the side of the jar with the Ball logo. Someday I plan on writing a post about canning jars, but need to do a bit more research and find more examples to take pictures of.

I will think back to the day we harvested and processed apricots while I enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Do you find that sometimes food tastes better when you help prepare it?

Steven