Fredricksburg peaches
 

Older gentleman that usually sells tomatoes on the side of the road gave me a dozen or so of these peaches to try. He said they were from Fredricksburg Texas and that they were a new variety but couldnt recall the name. they sure are pretty

What a delicious looking peaches. How do they taste?

I love tree ripe peaches and we have been lucky to grow them here in Wisconsin. This year two of our trees had a lot of them and I do still have some waiting for processing. I have preserved them in brandy, made jam and habanero peach jelly.
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Yummmmm....those peaches look good. Wonder which kind they are.

Svalli, could you post your habanero peach jelly recipe? That sounds delish!

The man told me to give them a couple days to ripen further unless I was going to use them in a pie, etc.
I dont know much about peaches but am looking forward to tasting them in the next couple days.

I think you're going to be in heaven. :)

If the peaches are particularly fuzzy, you might want to wash them just for texture. For fresh eating, I wait until peaches, pears, etc. are slightly soft. If you want to ripen peaches, pears, etc. in a hurry, you seal them up in a paper bag and rotate the bag every day (to avoid soft spots). Some of them do rot from the inside, but most of them come out perfectly ripe.

I need to track down the best places to buy peaches in and around Houston. I would start making pies if I had a steady source for them. I actually made nectarine pie a few years ago when the nectarines were particularly good.

I am really looking forward to tasting them but I will be patient and let them ripen up good. I havent eaten a peach in years.

[quote=Zana;70171]Svalli, could you post your habanero peach jelly recipe? That sounds delish![/quote]

I just follwed directions on the pectin package for a peach jam and added two seeded Chocolate Habaneros. I also pureed the peaches, so it is more like jelly and not jam.

My patch did not set totally, but that makes it good to eat with pancakes. It really wakes me up in the morning, the heat is more than I expected just from two habs, but it still is mellow enough to enjoy.

tasted my first one tonight, very good but I noticed that they have softened very quickly stored at room temp in my house. I will need to eat the rest fairly quickly it seems. Which is not a problem as good as they tasted

We drive to Fredricksburg every so often and buy peaches from the farms
The ones on the side of the road there are a trap.
they cost around $25 a box (1/2 bushel).
If you get 10 boxes from the farm they are around $8 a box.
There is no one kind of peach in Fredricksburg.:)

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IF you are so inclined here is a drink concoction I made up that is real good.

I like to drink one in the morning while I watch every body else go to work.

1 blender full of frozen stonewall peaches from Fredricksburg peaches.( You can use some other peach but it wont be as good.)

1/2 cup of Bombay sapphire gin.
1/4 cup sugar.

1 small bottle of tonic water.

Experiment and mix booze and such until you get a drink that is about the same as a frozen Margarita.

Pour in a frozen glass and have at 7 in the morning.
Call work and tell them your sick and have another.
Life's to short to work all of the time.:)

Worth

They softened up pretty quickly so I had my first one last night. Nice yellow flesh and very tasty. I only wish I had more now.

You're making me hungry! There are no local peaches this year--they all got nipped by the freeze this spring. Otherwise we go to a U-pick place on the other side of the Missouri River and pick way too many and have to chomp our way through them as fast as possible. ;)

Mmm. Peach pie. My favorite.