Join the Texarkana Museums System on Saturday, July 23 for “Canned Christmas” from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the P. J. Ahern Home, 403 Laurel, in historic downtown Texarkana. Create canning jar Christmas gifts and learn how to start your own delicious Rumtopf for the Holidays! Tickets are $25 per person or $20 for TMS Members. Tickets are on sale now at TexarkanaMuseums. org/Events or call TMS at 903-793-4831 for more details. Deadline for purchasing tickets is Thursday, July 21.
The Texarkana Museum System presents a workshop featuring two activities using vintage canning jars from the P. J. Ahern home. Participants will make recipe kits with decorative lids, then start their own Rumtopf, which will be ready to eat by Christmas!
Have you ever heard of Rumtopf? This delicious fruit concoction is an Austrian, German, and Danish dessert of mixed fruit and alcohol traditionally eaten around Christmas. “Rumtopf” literally translates to “rum pot,” referring to the crock in which the fruit is aged. “Layers of seasonal fruit are added to the crock with rum to start the aging process,” explains TMS Board President, Velvet Cool. “More fruit is added over the following weeks and the result is a delicious sauce. My family always ate it over ice cream. It is so good!”
