All Jammed Up

On By wanderingcatyarns

Saturday was devoted to something I do every other year or so…

Taking field fresh strawberries and turning them into jam!!! Dave doesn’t eat sugar any more, so a batch of jam will last me almost two years. I got a flat of berries, which makes two batches, so I have some extra jam for giving away.

I know some people like chunks of fruit in their jam, but I prefer a very smooth jam, so this is my secret weapon.

The actual making of jam is really easy and fairly quick. It’s the prep work (sterilizing jars, preparing the fruit) that takes the bulk of the time, so the blender helps speed things up a little too.

Out of the flat, I got 17 jars of jam (plus a little extra in a dish in the fridge). Several will go to Mom, and I’ll give many more for Christmas etc.

Since I had all the jars out, I decided it was finally time to jam the golden raspberries I’d save from the garden last year.

Their yellow shade had dulled a little in freezer, so it looked a little like canned cream corn when it was cooking. But it certainly smelled like raspberry jam!

There were only enough berries for a half batch, so I only got four jars out of the raspberries.

Two of these are going to Mom too. But I’ll keep two for myself. And that will have me set for jam for many many months to come!

9 thoughts on “All Jammed Up”

  2. Araignee's avatar Araignee

    I sure miss the days when I made jam from the fig tree. I also made jelly from my grape vine many moons ago. In the middle of winter it’s so satisfying to pop open a jar of your own preserves.

    Like

    Reply
  5. Betsy Saathoff Queen's avatar Betsy Saathoff Queen

    I’ll bet you house smelled so YUMMY! They look delicious. Strawberry is my favorite and I also like a smooth jam.
    Blessings and hugs,
    Betsy

    Like

    Reply

Leave a reply to Shirley Elliott Cancel reply