Today we’d like to introduce you to Peggy Corbett.
Peggy, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I started making jelly with my Mom when I was about six years old. In my teenage years, I started entering loca fairs. A local farm saw my entries and asked to start cooking for them. I was working as an assistant teacher and making jelly in the summer. When the farm was sold off, I decided to go on my own. I soon went from 15 flavors of jelly to 80. My business took off and left my teaching job for jelly. I was making sixteen thousand jars before moving to Georgia. My husband is the beekeeper for own honey and we grow almost all own fruit for my jams. I will be adding my pickles and relish soon. I have just found a commercial kitchen to rent so I look forward to adding them back into my line of products. I don’t have a shop at this time; I am just going to a few farmer’s markets.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Moving to Georgia has been wonderful but the licensing for food products is very different so I have had to start from scratch and work threw the details and reestablish myself.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I love to make unusual flavors of jams, jellies, and preserves. Some are savory and are nice to mix your meal up for different flavors. The most popular being the garlic and basil Chablis. It is good over cream cheese and nice to flavor up your veggies or meat.
Other unusual, popular flavors include dark choc., strawberry, dark chocolate raspberry or dark chocolate cherry. Banana bread jam or carrot cake preserves.
But I have all those stand-by old favorites to.
We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
Most people don’t know that my jelly is made one batch (10 jars) at a time like your grandma used to make. So when you stop and think of the amount I make in a normal day I can be in the kitchen all day. The kitchen is my favorite place to be. When I am not with my grandchildren.
Pricing:
- 6.50 for jam
- Honey starts at $10 a pound. The more you purchase, the cheaper it is.
Contact Info:
- Facebook: Pegs Preserves
