Traditional foods like jam and marmalade..do you still buy them

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or eat them?

Buy jam, marmalade & lemoncurd and honey - all greate if you following a low fat diet (lol) and very nice indeed on ricecakes or teacakes.

We also buy chutney and picallillie (oops ). I once made chutney and i stunk house out for ages !!!

We still love jam,orange marmalade and especially lemon and lime marmalade.We all have them on toast and have all three in the fridge at the moment.
We are also great fans of honey as well mmmmmmmm.

absolutely! i buy them at the farmer's market, made and canned by a local farmer. All organic. Excellent for a quick pud stirred into ice cream or yoghurt.

Mincemeat is from Nigellas Domestic goddess, do you have that book?? Hausfrau?

Maybe I should look at the local farners market to sell my jam, but I think that has implications on food hygeine issues. And life is too short for hairnets :)

It would be a good money spinner as I pick the blackberries for free and teh apples are from our trees, and I sometimes barter plums for apples as well!!

We always have jam in. Don't eat it much but might occasionally have it on toast on a weekend morning, or on a croissant.

Is Jam retro chic now, then?

i keep jams and frozen shortcrust pastry to hand at all times. super quick dessert w/those two and a little caster sugar.

Does jam really go off? I have some bought on the on site shop at a Scottish caravan park in Ocotber 2004 and it seems fine.

Of course it doesn't Bozza. It is a preserve. I have jams unopened in my cupboard for years that are fine, and opened jams also go in the cupboard (not fridge). They can go mouldy at that point, but rarely do in our hosuehold. If your jam does get a mould on top, you only need to spoon off the top, not throw the whole jar away.

Currently got jars of raspberry; strawberry and damson jam and marmalade on the go plus some damson chutney that I made with my own fair hands.

DH gets terribly a*sy if there isn't a selection of jams to choose from and DD's love jammy toast.

Had forgotten about lemon curd, used to love it.

of course - what else do you have on toast?

I bought some lemon marmalade only this week and had some on my toast this morning. I was wonderful.

We have jams, lemon curd , peanut butter, honey and chocolate spread (weekend treat only!)

I used to make jam and chutney when a sahm, now I buy it in......[wastrel emoticon]

jam without seeds
marmalade without bits

retro chic??? lol

Has anyone made nigellas brownies there are the best.

Well I've never experienced it going off but just read the other posts is all.

God,i could down a jar of lemon curd in one.
A true weakness that is rarely indulged for fear of losing it big style!
Dd would eat bread and jam three times a day,365 dys a year if I let her.
I don't therefore she has gone to bed hungry,having turned up her nose at my lovingly cooked dahl and rice.

Nigella Choc Brownies:

375g unsalted butter
375g quality dark choc - i buy tescos luxury cooking choc its not that expensive but v nice.
6 large egs 1 tsp vanilla extract
500g castor sugar
235g plain flour
1 tsp salt
300g of chopped walnuts (I use half whatever nuts and currants its cheaper and makes them juicy)

put oven on at 180
melt butter & sugar (a lush smell on sat morning)
beat eggs sugar and vanilla
let choc mixture cool then beat in everthing else.
Put into lined tin and cook about 25mins until top is paler than the middle of brownies should be dense and gooey. Don't let then get dry and cake like!

I half the amounts to make a smaller batch which is more than enuff - enjoy.

Sorry it tool so long DS insists in snack feeding 2nite he's finally settled.

Am I being naive? I tend to think of jam (despite the sugar) as being broadly 'good' since it contains fruit - so we have jam available for sandwiches for our lo's. I'm not that fussed about it myself, prefer marmite!

My husband has quite a sweet tooth, so we always have jam in with a fruit content as close to 70% as possible. I never used to like jam, myself, but find I do like those with minimum sugar, maximum fruit. Although even some of the 'premium' brands contain a fair bit of sugar, I've found.

\link{http://www.newforestjamandchutney.co.uk/index.html\The New Forest Jam and Chutney company} are excellent. Love their marmalade with whisky (a jar doesn't last two minutes). We also occasionally buy from the good ladies of the WI.

Nigellas suet free mincemeat.

200g soft dark brown sugar
250ml medium dry cider
1kg cooking apples (peeled, cored and chopped)
1/2teasp mixed spice
1/2 teasp cinnamon
250g currents
250g raisins
75g natural coloured glace cherries, chopped
75g blanched almonds, chopped
rind and juice 1/2 lemon
90ml brandy or rum (or more)

4 500g jam jars

In are large saucepan disolve sugar in cider over a gentle heat. Add all other ingrediants bar brandy. Simmer for about 30 mins until pulpy. Cool for a few mins and stir in brandy.

Spoon into sterilized jars.

This is so easy and far far nicer than shop bought.

Bon Maman, Coopers and Tesco Finest regional honeys

in what way are they old-fashioned??

(know I should make my own but only do it when I can go pick-your-own-ing)

Marmalade for my toast or bagels.
Jam for DD's peanut butter & jam sandwiches, or Sunday scones.
Honey for DH toast.

If your dd turned her nose up at your home made food, moondog, you could always have popped the children into the car and driven the hour or so to my house and given it to me! I had Bran Flakes for tea. That's what comes of being worn out after Eisteddfod prelims this afternoon!