Cut Glass Jelly Jar: 2nd Time Around

Welcome to "2nd Time Around Tuesday!" I hope you will visit our gracious hostess Diane at A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words, and see the pretty bird bath her son bought for her at an estate sale ... plus everyone else's treasures for today. I'd like to share this little cut glass jelly jar that I bought several years ago at a flea market. I think I paid around $12.00 for it, and it came with two glass spoons. I love using it, especially to serve my mama's delicious mayhaw jelly. For those of you who are not familiar with Mayhaw Jelly, it is a rare delicacy made from the tart red berry that grows in the swamps and bogs here in the South. The Mayhaw Jelly recipe dates from the Civil War era. Mayhaw trees grow wild in such a small geographical area that the berries are highly prized and the tart sweet jelly hoarded for special occasions. Mayhaws are called berries, but technically they are members of the apple family. In May, the red berries are gathered by hand or scooped out of the water in fishnets. The berries are boiled, then squeezed, to get clear coral-colored juice that is made into the best jelly in the world. My sweet uncle has been gathering berries for Mama for many years, and this year she made 14 jars of jelly, most of which she gave to me and our children. Those may last us until next spring when my uncle goes berry-gathering again. I appreciate Diane taking the time to host our "2nd Time Around Tuesdays," and look forward to seeing what everyone is sharing today.