Bread/Toast Spreads

[Lindacakes]

Cream cheese with tomato slices, lots of salt and pepper.

Miracle Whip (yes!) with slices of hard boiled egg.

Hummus and green olives.

[andiesenji]

This morning I consumed the last of a batch of quince jam to which I had added a strong brew of lapsang souchong tea to give it a slightly smoky flavor.

Originally the jam was much too sweet - I used the Splenda/sugar baking mix in the jam and although I reduced the amount, the result was cloyingly sweet. The addition of the smoky-flavored tea tempered the sweetness nicely and the additional cooking produced a spreadable concoction that was just perfect for spreading on toast or ????.

Now I have to wait until quince season to roll around before preparing another batch, this time on purpose.

However I have several other types of preserves that I put up last year that I think may benefit from a similar conversion. I certainly have enough varieties of tea with which to experiment.........