Jars

Small jars of thoughtfully made and given preserves have become my most treasured refrigerator-door keepsakes.

-two kinds of hot sauce from Tyler, which I have enjoyed with fried eggs on my days off for over a year now.
-from Danny and Corinne, many things: a rather wondrous rosehip and honey preserve, like nothing else I have tasted--I bring it out for pancakes and popovers; once, a quart-jar of unspiced kimchee, which we ate over the course of many weeks as a rejuvenating snack; a jar of Raye's (my longstanding favorite mustard)!
-from Annette, a jar of apple chutney made with apples from a specific state park.

Last year, I gave out a number of jars of strawberry-mulberry jam, a few jars of sauerkraut, some extra spicy kimchee.