Kitchen

[AuntG]

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.

[twinny70]

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

[StylishLady]

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.

[country gal]

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 

[Mothertrucker]

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...

[Scooby Doo]

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.

[ID2]

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

[athenian]

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.

[sunshine45]

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.

[jaxs mom]

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.