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Who Makes Their Own Jams?

AuntG — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:26:22 GMT

Do you have favorite fruits or combinations? I've never made jam but it sounds pretty easy so I'm determined to give it a try.

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twinny70 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:41:35 GMT

I must confess that I don't make jam but DH & I like Amish made SF strawberry/rhubarb, blueberry & red raspberry. Good luck.

Re: Who Makes Their Own Jams?

StylishLady — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:07:01 GMT

Over the years I've made grape jelly, mint jelly, peach preserves, and orange marmalade at one time or another. Right now we only have a fruiting lemon tree. I give away a lot and juice many to use for cooking later.

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country gal — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:17:11 GMT

I haven't made any in years, but when I did I always made strawberry freezer jam. It kept it's bright red color and didn't turn dark like other strawberry jams that weren't for freezer storage. The recipe for it was in the Sure-gel package. HTH

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Mothertrucker — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:22:46 GMT

I made a carrot cake jam a couple years ago that everyone loved..Got the recipe on the Internet..Had grated carrot, raisins spices..it wad yum on a bagel with cream cheese...

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Scooby Doo — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:24:59 GMT

When I was a kid I would go with my folks up into the canyons and we would pick chokecherries. My mom would make jelly and syrup. I loved that stuff. I'd love to have some today, but I can't find any in the stores, and most of the bushes around here have been torn out to make way for highways.

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ID2 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:30:44 GMT

I just made my jam with all the fresh cherries and strawberries that are in season right now. I'm all set for at least a year. Tomorrow I make my corn relish. Mmmmm

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athenian — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:56:26 GMT

Our family favorite over the years is tomato jam. It is good with meats as well as on toast, and really helps when there are too many tomatoes, all ripe at once. We think it's best made with yellow tomatoes.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:03:29 GMT

just made some preserves two weeks ago with some berries that were getting a little soft.......a mix of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.....with sugar, a little vanilla extract, and pectin. very simple to make.

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jaxs mom — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:20:51 GMT

I've made a ton of different ones. I go through phases where I'm really into one flavor. It's easy to do. You can get recipes from fresh preserving .com if you don't want to buy a cookbook on it. At this point, I don't make batches for canning anymore. I just make one good size jar ( between a pint and quart depending on how much fruit I have) and keep it in the fridge. We don't really go through jam that quickly and I found that we couldn't use up 8-12 jars of jam before the flavor started to diminish.

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Silkeej — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:01:30 GMT

I use to make freezer jam it is so good, the colors are bright and it taste like fresh berries. I just followed the recipe on the pectin box and it turned out perfect everytime. Freezer jam is probably the easiest to make. You just need to have freezer containers, pectin and lots of sugar and room in your freezer. Good luck it you decide to try it I think you will enjoy the end result.

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lork — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:01:30 GMT

I've made jam/jelly for many years. When our kids (4) were home they ate a ton of PBJ's and I made SandHill Plum Jelly by the quarts. My DH can't do sugar these days, and my one attempt at sugar free homemade strawberry jam was such a disaster (molded quickly, was a poor consistency and the ingredients were expensive) I buy jelly for him. I had completely run out of homemade jelly and just didn't get any made for months. I was too cheap to buy a jar "just for me", when I knew I had a gallon of plum juice in the freezer, not to mention bags of homegrown strawberries out there. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I cooked up that frozen plum juice. . . OH MY!!!! I'd forgotten how good SandHill Plum Jelly is. Homemade jam/jelly is kind of tricky to make (I always use commercial pectin), but it is soooo delicious and makes a welcome treat for lucky family/friends!

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vaberry — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:12:52 GMT

I make a blackberry jam and add ground cinimon, ground cloves and ground nutmeg to use as a glaze for Christmas hams. I strain the seeds out it.

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Pooky1 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:38:29 GMT

in the last month my mother inlaw has made peach, orange , cherry. all are wonderful. and now she started making home made tomato sause from garden tomatos.

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Mominohio — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:25:47 GMT

@Silkeej wrote:
I use to make freezer jam it is so good, the colors are bright and it taste like fresh berries. I just followed the recipe on the pectin box and it turned out perfect everytime. Freezer jam is probably the easiest to make. You just need to have freezer containers, pectin and lots of sugar and room in your freezer. Good luck it you decide to try it I think you will enjoy the end result.

Another vote for freezer jam. Much easier than 'regular' jam, and seems to keep color and flavor better, in my opinion.

I make strawberry, stawberry and blueberry mixed, and peach jam, all from our own home grown fruit.

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dancingwoman — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 20:35:51 GMT

@Scooby Doo wrote:
When I was a kid I would go with my folks up into the canyons and we would pick chokecherries. My mom would make jelly and syrup. I loved that stuff. I'd love to have some today, but I can't find any in the stores, and most of the bushes around here have been torn out to make way for highways.

@Scooby Doo Our chokecherry bushes were loaded this year...my DH picked some before the birdies got to them..our "bush" is 12 feet tall so he needed the ladder...good thing he picked 3 1/2 pounds for the jelly as the birds had wiped out the rest of them the next day...there were thousands and thousands of berries on there this year..

The jelly came out good..it was my first attempt at chokecherry....I was afraid it wasn't gonna jell as a lot of people that try making it complain it won't jell...mine did but I did use pectin from the store...

DH loves it...DW

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Campion — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:52:49 GMT

I buy MaMade orange marmalade mix because I don't like "sweet" style marmalade. I like the bitter English style (it's not "bitter"--it just has more peel flavor.)

It's very easy; measure the right amount of sugar, boil it up with the mix and bottle it in sterilized Ball jars. I've made homemade grape and strawberry jams as well but I love the orange.

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Caligurll — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:05:46 GMT

I make a red pepper and jalapeno jelly every year around the holidays, I give some to a couple of friends who like it and keep the rest for myself. It's one of my (many) holiday indulgences.