In the market on a rainy day

Got up a little after six AM. It was raining hard, very hard but I had to go to Belvès market anyway. I cannot only creat jams, but have to sell them too. And selling is also letting people taste my jams, my jems. I don't like to sell any jam unless the person tastes. This gives me the opportunity to talk, to give advice, to recommend and suggest jams....
I love Belvès, a small medieval town 15 Kms from my door. The market is every saturday around the medieval marketplace, where in the underground you can visit the first, 11th century Troglodyte site of Belvès....
and I had, in this beautiful place, made an old local lady discover one of my favorite jellies, The mint tea jelly. And you must know, it is a very tough job, trying to make an old rural french lady try something that is not part of traditional food, and the traditional jams made around here are straberry jam, apricot jam, orange jam and mirabelle ( small yellow rounded varaiety of plums) jam. Everybody makes them. During the season, they buy second rate fruit to make jams and if they grow fruit, the don't waste, it all goes to make jams or otyherwise preserve them. And this old lady rluctantly stopped at my stand, to hide from the rain. And after having given a look full of suspition at the 40 different jams( none of them traditional) she asked me what can she possibly do with mint tea jelly and i replied

I have tried it myself on a crepe/pancake and on sponge cake too. How refreshing. Wakes you up from your siesta with a smile. In itself, a spoonful is one of my favs. Only make sure you don't get addicted....Aaaaand, watch out that the kids or grandchildren don't eat it all...