French Fig Jam

Nathan Mannes was only two days old when he attended his first country show. His mother, Vicki, took him straight from the hospital to the event at Cobram, where her success in the cookery and preserves sections only added to a tremendous sense of joy and achievement, and caused more than a little excitement among the women volunteering in the main pavilion.

Vicki’s family had to deliver her entries for judging at the popular October event, because