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Girding my loins for this morningโs annual mammogram with the final #jamvent flavor: peach-black currant-sichuan pepper. Vehicle: toasted sourdough with salted butter. Mostly black currant and the tiniest hit of heat, not much peach. I wanted this to be much more intense than it was. B+.
Two slices of sourdough toast with rhubarb-strawberry spread on a dark blue plate.
Penultimate leftover #jamvent: Rhubarb strawberry. I prefer when itโs more strawberry-forward. Vehicle: toasted sourdough with salted butter. The sharpness of the rhubarb has been so tempered (but not over sweetened at least) that it isnโt really all that distinctive an experience. B.
A light blue plate with a hunk of goat cheese, some wheat thins, and a wheat thin spread with goat cheese and apricot lavender spread, plus a butterknife.
Leftover #jamvent #2 today: Apricot-lavender spread. Vehicle: wheat thins with goat cheese. I had been holding this one back because Iโm VERY picky about lavender as a flavor in food, but Iโm pleasantly surprised. Solid apricot flavor, with just a hint of light floral at the end. B+.
Toasted challah slices with cherry-violet spread and butter on a light blue plate, flanked by a green napkin and a black Tigger mug of coffee.
Leftover #jamvent this morning: cherry-violet leaves. Vehicle: toasted challah with salted butter. This is pretty good. Mostly cherry, just a whisper of floral on the back end, not enough to taste perfume-y, which is my usual complaint about floral-based flavors. B+
Two slices of sourdough toast with wild blueberry lychee rose spread sitting on a light blue plate.
Itโs another leftover #jamvent day. Todayโs flavor is Wild blueberry-lychee-rose. Vehicle: sourdough toast with salted butter. I was afraid this would be rose-heavy, and unfortunately, itโs not *anything* heavy. I get mild blueberry, and not much else. B.
Two slices of sourdough toast with mandarin spread on a light blue plate with a paper towel as a napkin.
Leftover #jamvent: mandarin spread. Vehicle: toasted sourdough with salted butter. B+. This is basically a sweeter marmalade with fewer bits in. Itโs good, but not life-changing.
Two slices of sourdough toast with butter and strawberry-passion fruit spread on a light blue plate.
Leftover #jamvent flavor to start the new year: strawberry passion fruit. Vehicle: toasted sourdough with salted butter. The need to balance the passion fruit means less intense strawberry than Iโd hoped. B. This is fine, but not super-exciting.
A small box labelled bonne maman inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is santa and his sleigh
A small rectangular wooden xmas ornament, layers of flat wood shapes inside a box framr create a scene of a stag in front of an Xmas tree, lit from behind by a small warm light.
#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 the finale: not sure if Iโm pleased or disappointed that itโs not jam!
Two slices of ciabatta with goat cheese and orange-yuzu-grapefruit spread on a dark peacock blue plate.
Todayโs leftover (from day 16) #jamvent flavor is a returning fave: orange-yuzu-grapefruit. Vehicle: toasted ciabatta with goat cheese. Perfect balance of sweet and pucker with a great citrus punch. I want MORE YUZU in things, itโs great. A.
A beautiful wee bonne mamam woodcut shadow box decoration
Today was 24 of Jamvent and today we had this, whatever this is
Tasted of wood and battery
Was nice
#Jamvent
A scone with dulce de leche on it
Dec 24 Caramel with Salted Butter
Sweetie. You're known for jams. You're famous for jams. But la grande finale of your advent calendar is a new salty dulce de leche? Of course it's delicious but that's not the point. Jams are enough!
YOU are enough.
WE ALL are enough
see you all next #jamvent
A jar of caramel with salted butter spread and a box with 24 on it and a toy soldier near some presents.
A raisin bagel with caramel with salted butter on a dark blue plate.
Our final day of #jamvent ends with a sweet treat: caramel with salted butter. Vehicle: raisin bagel with salted butter. B+. You definitely get caramel, and a bit of salted butter in the finish (even straight from the jar), but the problem is itโs NOT salted caramel which is what I wanted it to be.
A backlit ornament made up of a plywood box frame with a laser cut prancing stag, Christmas tree and some small bushes and hillocks, and a tiny light inside. The light is yellow, so it looks like a misty dawn.
Dec 24: a bit woody, didn't spread well on toast. I mean it's a nice ornament but I was hoping for a larger jar of one of the more interesting flavours. #jamvent
So which of the Bonne Maman advent flavours rocked your world this year? #jamvent For me it was the nectarine, peach and vervain, though the mango and ginger was also lovely. In fact, all the ones with spices were great.
Rhubarb makes a fairly brown jam but very tasty
December 23 Rhubarb Strawberry
You never know with the end of an advent calendar whether they are going to pull out the stops or run out of steam. Bonne Maman has selected the secret third option: competency. Novel! Inspirational! Why don't we try that more often #jamvent
Day 23 of #jamvent is Strawberry Rhubarb, which for me is the definition of โitโs fine.โ Goes into the cabinet for Later me.
a small jar of (as labelled) "Bonne Maman Mangues et Gingembre". Wooden counter top. Lots of tiny jars in the background.
Dec 23: this was excellent, mango and ginger. Really well done, loads of both, not too sweet. Quite soft set but I am fine with that. #jamvent
Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a rabbit pulling the lid off a jar of jam
#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 late as totally distracted today doing xmas dinner prep (travelling tomorrow) but had this as cooking snack on fresh bread and while I canโt exactly taste the pink peppercorns something here cuts the sweetness of the cherries so 3/5
A small jar of "Confiture Bonne Maman cerises aux baies roses" on a wooden counter. There are lots of similar looking jars behind.
Dec 22: cherries with pink peppercorns. Identifiably pink peppercorn! Again, subtle, but present. Solid effort. #jamvent
Raspberry looking jam on a scone
December 22 Raspberry Lychee
The teens of December just seem to drag on and then suddenly it's basically Christmas? Completely blindsided tbh. That's right I'm surprised by the date despite having four separate advent calendars. That's how powerful my ADHD is. Oh the jam is scrumptious #jamvent
a box with the number 22 and a person holding a bunny, next to a jar of Raspberry-Lychee spread.
Two slices of brioche toast with butter and raspberry-lychee spread on a dark peacock plate.
Day 22 of #jamvent is Raspberry-lychee spread. I think I had this last year as well. Vehicle: toasted brioche with salted butter. B+. Strong raspberry flavor; Iโm hunting for more than a wave in the direction of lychee, but Iโll definitely enjoy this nonetheless because itโs still dang tasty.
Basically just strawberry jam honestly. On a scone
Liko lehua passion fruit curd aka lilikoi butter
December 21 Strawberry Passion Fruit
Passion fruit undetectable. Tragic and upsetting. Ordering a jar of lilikoi curd immediately #jamvent
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The Language of Food: A linguist reads the menu by Dan Jurafsky next to a tiny pot of Strawberry passionfruit jam from the Bonne Maman jamvent calendar
Strawberry passion fruit paired with The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky, since I've eaten both fruits under many names: fraise, erdbeere, maracuyรก, lilikoi...
Day 21 of #BooksAreMyJam, in which I pair a linguistics-y book from my shelves with today's jam from the Bonne Maman #jamvent calendar
Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a rabbit barrel rolling a jar of jam
#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 canโt argue with caramel spread! 4/5
A box with gifts on it and a jar of strawberry-passionfruit spread.
#JAMVENT day 21: Strawberry passion fruit spread, put aside as todayโs breakfast is savory, but I loved it last year, so itโs another one to look forward to.
Mini jar of bonne maman framboises et litchee jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is two rabbits making a snow rabbit
Belated #Jamvent #AdventsLive25 i really wanted savoury for breakfast this morning so had to wait for midafternoon to have this with yoghurt - surprisingly good. i was expecting it to be too sweet again but the lychee gives it a floral note and the raspberry is just slightly tart. 3/5
Amber jam on a scone, charming Christmas background
Mashup of the "face with steam" emoji and the face with hearts around it emoji. Emojipedia claims "face with steam" is the name of the huffing and puffing one which is not how steam or faces work but go off
December 20 Peach Blackcurrant Sichuan Pepper
A delicious peach jam! Pretty blackcurrant color! The Sichuan Pepper was so faint but it was there and it worked! I would buy this in a big jar but I'll probably just have to buy the calendar again next year!! Dammit dammit dammit #jamvent
a jar of peach-black currant-red sichuan pepper spread, with a box with a 20 and a penguin and toy soldier running across ice.
Day 20 of #jamvent is a new flavor: peach-black currant-red Sichuan pepper. Iโm intrigued, but it is waiting for another day because Iโm eating breakfast out before running all the errands today.
