What would you do with a bushel of wild plums?

[Guest guest]

They've got tough tart skins but pulp as sweet as honey. They range

in size from a small apricot to cherry-sized and are hard to pit

raw. I've made some into Asian Plum Sauce already and some *gasp*

pancake syrup, and still have pulp in the freezer, about 2 gallons

picked and washed and about a bushel on the tree.

I planted them back when I thought making jam was a good idea, but

now, having read " Nutrition and Physical Degeneration " I see that

jam is a leading contributor to the physical, moral, and spiritual

decline of the human race, so how can I make jam? How can I give

gifts of Homemade Wild Plum Jam for Christmas when it contributes to

physical, moral, and spiritual decline? AAAAAAGH!

I am open to any suggestions. Next year I'll have many more bushels

than this year, since there are 17 plum trees and many weren't quite

big enough to make a crop yet.

(I did find a recipe for wild plum vodka, but wouldn't that also

contribute to physical, moral, and spiritual decline? It's got a

lot of sugar in it!)