It tastes so good.

Bonsaist,

I seem to have run clean out of ground mastic. Could you tell me what other names it might go by or where to get it? Thanks.

mastic is common in mediterranean desserts. Mastic comes from the wild pistachio "Pistacia Lenticus". It's the gummy substance that forms under the bark of the Mastic tree. It may be found in spice stores, but below is the link where it can be purchased online.
You don't need to use it in that recipe, but it will surly enhance the flavor.

bass

Here is a link that might be useful: Mastic

You are so lucky and I am glad there is another canner on here :). Take care, 3jsmom31

Today we picked 25 pounds* of Kadota figs, which were mildly sweet and trying to ripen in cool weather. It has rained recently, so we thought we had better get them off the tree before they started moulding.

Used a regular recipe, boiled it to perfection, put some on buttered toast. Results? very bland. Almost no fig taste, just bland. Moral of the story: Bland tasting figs in, bland tasting jam out. Next year we will be making jam in August when there is LOTS of heat and plenty of flavor.

PS: not all is lost. After discovering how bland it was, we dumped around 3 cups of fresh raspberries in the recipe (which contained around 7 pounds of figs) and cooked it a little more. Now at least it has some flavor, and colour!

* = took the figs to a local grocery store and weighed them out in the produce section into produce bags that easily contained 2 pounds each. Nobody even gave me a second glance. They do not sell figs there, so it was easy to leave without paying!

Checking out the Greek Spice store link it says Mastic is unavailable for purchase. I wonder why?
Peg

Peg, Email me if you're intrested. I can get them locally for a very low price.
Bass

Christy this is for you.

Bass, thanks for the Mastic offer. I'll wait to see if I get any figs first. I have never seen a spice store around here but I'm sure there must be one. There is a large Greek Church in the next town, Stamford. They have a big festival every year with all kinds of Greek food. If I get figs I think I'll check out that source too.

Peg