Homemade kumquat jam, a simple and mellow sweet treat

It is right around the spring equinox, and the weather is hot and cold by turns. The little farmer fears this kind of weather with a big temperature swing the most, because in such weather the little farmer easily catches a cold and gets a sore throat. But the little farmer is not afraid, because the little farmer has homemade, purely natural sweet kumquat jam, and sweet kumquat jam is the little farmer's savior in winter or when the temperature swings widely like this. Whenever there is a cold and a sore throat, just scoop out a tablespoon of kumquat jam, mix it with hot boiled water, and have a cup of warm kumquat tea, and it will soothe things a lot, and the cold will also get better quickly. The normally greedy little farmer also likes to dig the kumquats straight out of the kumquat jam and eat them one by one, and every time the farmer's mother sees this she cannot help saying: "This is meant to be mixed with hot boiled water to taste good and drink well!" But how would the farmer's mother know that the little farmer is doing this as "jia cu mi" (Taiwanese pronunciation), and that eating it this way is also very tasty.

The little farmer's rural Yilan has a mild, moist climate, abundant water and fertile soil, and has always been very suitable for agricultural development, and it is also a major producing area for kumquats. Every year from winter to before spring is the peak season for kumquats. So the little farmer's family also only makes it during this season each year, a once-a-year purely handmade production, 100% purely natural food, with no chemical additives added at all.

Making handmade things really requires a lot of patience, because it is very "gao gong" (Taiwanese pronunciation). Although the method looks simple, every step cannot be careless, and cannot be rushed either. Although the kumquats are friendly farming, they still have to be washed one by one, cleaning off the dust and debris, and then slowly simmered over low heat, simmered and simmered again, and stirred constantly so they do not burn, letting the kumquats' natural juice and rock sugar dissolve together! This time the little farmer is taking advantage of the freshness to share with everyone.