A small box labelled bonne maman inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is santa and his sleigh

A small rectangular wooden xmas ornament, layers of flat wood shapes inside a box framr create a scene of a stag in front of an Xmas tree, lit from behind by a small warm light.

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 the finale: not sure if I’m pleased or disappointed that it’s not jam!

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a rabbit pulling the lid off a jar of jam

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 late as totally distracted today doing xmas dinner prep (travelling tomorrow) but had this as cooking snack on fresh bread and while I can’t exactly taste the pink peppercorns something here cuts the sweetness of the cherries so 3/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a rabbit barrel rolling a jar of jam

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 can’t argue with caramel spread! 4/5

Mini jar of bonne maman framboises et litchee jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is two rabbits making a snow rabbit

Belated #Jamvent #AdventsLive25 i really wanted savoury for breakfast this morning so had to wait for midafternoon to have this with yoghurt - surprisingly good. i was expecting it to be too sweet again but the lychee gives it a floral note and the raspberry is just slightly tart. 3/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an elf fishing in an ice hole while a penguin slides pst on its belly

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 hmmmm not sure I approve of duplicates in a calendar so I’m docking a point even though it is my beloved hazelnut chocolate spread 4/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an elf pitting a present in a box, assisted by a Rabbit

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a pile of presents on a sled, a ginger read man holding one up like a strongman

Two min jars of spread - hazelnut chocolate spread and “peches et cassis au poire de sechuan”

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25
13 hazelnut spread, no notes 5/5
18 an odd combo, peaches & blackcurrent & Szechuan pepper. As is so often the case no spice at all, just sweet with peachy bits 2/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a penguin and a present on a sled

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an elf in a top hat on a bridge

Two mini jars of jam “myrtilles et litchis a la rose” and “nectarines blanches et peches”

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 some specials here
12: blueberry and lychee??? I thought this was too sweet on the knife but on hot toast the rose and lychee is amazing. Kinda want it with cheese. 4/5
17: white nectarine and peach. Novel, too sweet 3/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an xmas tree

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is two penguins sorting on presents in a sled

Two mini jars of jam, one is “figues a la cardamome” the other “oranges, yuzu et panpelmousse”

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 catching up on the doors
11: once again too subtle on the spices - +1 for loads of figgy bits but where’s the cardamom? 3/5
16: trend is i love their marmalade-adjacent spreads, good sweet/sour balances 5/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an xmas tree

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a top hatted elf riding a reindeer

#jamvent #AdventsLive25 today’s double header is 10th & 15th dec.
10th (oranges, guavas and limes) is a winner, actual pieces of peel - an exciting marmalade 4/5
15th (strawbs and passion fruit) another too-sweet one for me 2/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an elf holding a large jar of jam out to a rabbit

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a bearded elf making a snowman with a rabbit, the label is quetsches et poires a la badiane

In other news: #Jamvent #adventsLive25 is now doubling up as I had a work-trip hiatus so here is 9 & 14 dec.
rhubarb & strawbs a bit lost under cheese on toast 3/5
Plums & pears with anise - real fruit bits & actually tastable spice 4/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is a running fox

The same jar in a hand showing that the label reads “caramel au buerre sale”

Ooop nearly forgot my #AdventsLive25 update today - salted butter caramel? Don’t mind if I do, a solid 4/5 in Terrible Porridge. There will now be a short #Jamvent hiatus as I am away from home for a few days…

Mini jar of bonne maman jam “poires at mandarines a la cannelle” inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is hard to see but appears to be an elf holding up or running with a rabbit

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 another cinnamon one - the spice was more evident here with pears and mandarins than it had been with apples. Full disclosure- B took the photo as it was breakfast in bed day for me (cinnamon buns!) 3/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam “groseilles framboises” inside a red and white patterned advent calendar.

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 “no *you’re* a gross raspberry”
A very normal jam, but strangely I found it less sweet that some of the earlier ones - maybe because I had it with cheese on toast? Or maybe that’s the red currents? (Jam+cheese=win, don’t @ me) 3/5

Mini jar of bonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar. The door picture is an elf riding a reindeer

The same jar in a hand showing that the label reads “ananas au Rhum et a la Vanille”

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 another long name jam this morning. Dead impressed they got actual pineapple chunks in the dinky jar, and i got a hint of rum in the Terrible Porridge. Still not quite distinct enough over the sweetness for me 3/5

Mini jar ofbonne maman jam inside a red and white patterned advent calendar

Hand holding the tiny jar of jam which js labelled “cerises a la feuille de violette”

#Jamvent #AdventsLive25 you know it’s going to be fancy when there’s hardly enough room on the label for the name. Actual cherry pieces in this one & definite floral notes. Winner on toast 5/5

A mini jar of jam inside a bulky advent calendar

Mini jar of jam held in a hand. Label reads “pommes au caramel a la canelle”

#AdventsLive25 #Jamvent - this one stumped me until I realised the last word began with C not L. Apple, caramel, cinnamon. Didn’t stand up to Terrible Porridge - just generically sweet, didn’t get any cinnamon. 2/5

A tiny jar of bonne maman hazelnut chocolate spread inside an advent calendar, a red xmas tree image on the back of the “door”

Oops in the morning rush I am late to post #Jamvent #AdventsLive25 day 2 - which is a disgrace as it’s a banger. Didn’t expect to hit the jackpot this early on and yes I ate all of it on one bit of toast. 5/5

A mini jar of jam inside a bulky advent calendar

Mini jar of “apricots au miel” bonne mamman jam in front of a red and white patterned advent calendar

#AdventsLive25 day one of jam! Apricot reminds me of my dad, it’s a jam he loves. As it had honey in I used to top my Terrible Porridge(tm)*
4/5 would jam again, a bit too sweet for toast.
* made in the microwave

heads up that I will be spoiling the contents of the Bonne Mamman advent calender in the am, so mute #AdventsLive25 if you have one and don't want to risk seeing it before you've opened it!
(I'll also be doing the M&S beauty calender - which was a surprise gift - but not until evenings UK time).