Right, I have mounds of fresh strawberries here, will someone please talk to me about jam?

[cadelaide]

I know strawberry jam isn't as easy as some others. I'd really like to freeze the strawberries and make the jam at a later date. Will it be as good? Anyone done this?

I want the best strawberry jam!

Hello cadelaide! Long time no see

Don't know about the best, but I can tell you about the easiest! Microwave it. 20 mins from start to lovely jars of jam!

And yes it is vair vair nice.

you can freeze them if you wash and hull them before hand but they will absorb a lot of water so you will need to let them defrost properly before using them for jam. Maybe leave in a colander to let the water drip out.
Strawberry is only considered difficult because the fruit has so little pectin so you must use jam sugar with the pectin in, I always use a thermometer so I don't have to guess the temp and I always end up boiling longer that I think.
Good luck

jam sugar (siverspoon- asda has it) never fails with mine ans I have no thermometer

Like this

I like the simplicity of this site
www.allotment.org.uk/recipe/148/strawberry-jam-recipe/
but this guardy article is good
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/aug/04/how-to-make-perfect-strawberry-jam

Thanks all, Morning Orm!

No microwave unfortunately, but i have an unexpectedly free morning so I shall spend it listening to the radio and contendedly jam-making, therefore no need to freeze

(Orm, I went to Thurloxton for the first time. It was lovely)