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# How a Family Saved 22 Kilograms of Damaged Apricots
- URL: https://www.vallorastate.co/saving-damaged-mountain-apricots-over-fire/
- Published: 2026-09-13T18:39:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T18:39:33.000Z
- Description: A Vallora State harvest story about saving 22 kilograms of damaged apricots as jam over a wood fire with thyme and mountain honey.
- Author: Vallora State
- Tags: Apricot Harvest, Food Preservation, Vallora Films

Three quarters of the summer apricot harvest was damaged before the family could pick it. The choice was simple and difficult: accept the loss, or sort every piece of fruit and save what the season had left.

[**Watch the complete apricot harvest film on YouTube.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgAi-SRDuA&utm%5Fsource=vallorastate.co&utm%5Fmedium=organic%5Fstory&utm%5Fcampaign=vallora%5Ffilm%5Fguides%5F202609&utm%5Fcontent=apricot%5Fguide)

## Twenty-two kilograms, three days and one wood fire

The work begins with damaged fruit, not perfect fruit arranged for a photograph. The apricots are soaked in salt water and sorted by hand. Usable fruit moves to a giant cauldron over a wood fire, where the family cooks the harvest slowly rather than allowing it to disappear.

The jam is tested on a cold plate to find the moment when it has set. That small test matters because fire does not offer a digital timer or an identical batch. The fruit, heat and patience decide when the work is finished.

## A second batch from the mountain

One batch is finished with wild mountain thyme and raw honey. The point is not novelty for its own sake. Those ingredients place the preserved fruit back into the landscape that grew it.

At the stone table, the Big Boss—the filmmaker's father—gives the final verdict. By then, 22 kilograms of damaged apricots have become something the family can carry beyond the short harvest window.

## Why this story belongs in the archive

Vallora State is built around the idea that the ordinary work of a mountain place deserves attention. A damaged harvest is not only a loss statistic. It is three days of sorting, smoke, judgement and family knowledge. The film keeps that chain intact.

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