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Plastered Peaches Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 2 years, 3 months ago Aunt Mabel's original version sat in a stoneware crock, open, yet covered with cheesecloth tied with twine on the top shelf in her cool basement. She could always tell when the "boys" had been tasting her handiwork and the scolding they received wou... More Prep:60408m Servings:10	Notyourmomm
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Ingredients

1 lb. of dried peaches, split in half (organic if you can)

1 fifth of vodka

1 lb. of rock candy (ordered on line these days)

Aunt Mabel was lucky, she married Estin the entrepeneur of his time. He owned the Chevy dealership across the street, the gas station was attached and it had the original side-of -the road diner next to it. You could get homemade ice cream and they had jars and jars of old fashioned candy, horehound sticks, lollipops, and rock candy on ropes. Anytime she put up the peaches, she just shopped across the street. Estin would have a fit over her using his inventory until six weeks later when he could have a plastered peach!

Directions

Mix in a crock and let stand six weeks. The longer the better.

Since Florida doesn't have the cellars and cool temps of Aunt Mabel's mountain home. I mix mine in a stoneware canister with lid and keep it in the back of the frig. It takes a lot longer to get the perfect flavor. Serve on toothpicks.

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Alternately, Aunt Mabel would make up little tart tins of her lard and vinegar crust and put in a plastered peach and top it with freshly whipped cream.

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Comments

borinda 2 years, 3 months ago said:
You have definitely added some smiles to my day reading these recipes. Thanks you.

decobabe 2 years, 3 months ago said:
I love family story recipes! We do this to fruits, too, but with brandy or rum.

jaie 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Your desciption and the "roots" of the recipe are PRICELESS! Love that. I will try this in the late autumn when I can do it like your Aunt Mabel. Thanks for the great recipe and the wonderful memory you have of it!!!

krumkake 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Love the recipe AND its history!!! I think I would have liked your Aunt Mabel very much!

notyourmomma 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Deep in my heart, I think this recipe started with Great Uncle Roger's moonshine and Aunt Mabel switched to vodka when the still went silent. All I know is that Rog's house was way back in the hills, as far removed from civilization as possible, over the river and through the woods! Sing it now. I'll have to tell you about my encounter with the cow and the swinging bridge. Little guess on who won that stand-off.

jo_jo_ba 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I love recipes with a story attached! Thanks for posting!

markeverett 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I just got a bunch of peaches from a sweet little lady in our church and was looking for something to do with them - I'm gonna make this right now!

sday5 1 year, 4 months ago said:
What a fun story and recipe.

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