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

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or eat them?

I bought a jar of Duchy blackcurrant jam yesterday (would have bought raspberry but it has lime in it???) and it is lush. Mind you so it should be at £2.45 a jar - I would have bought own-brand conserve but there wasn't any.

Lidl's jam is excellent and incredibly cheap - about 65p for a 450g jar.

Has it been revealed yet as to why lemon curd is a no-no in some homes???

Homemade lemon curd is delish.

Buy jam occasionally, DH eats too much of it.

ooo I do. Soft white bread, loads of butter and jam - strawberry or blackcurrant - one of my favourite foods. I think of jam as a staple - not traditional - has it gone out of fashion?

i make my own as we have plum & apple trees which go crazy. i can't stand marmalade so never buy it. i got some lovely fig preserve from sainsbury's recently. we also eat st dalfour sugar free jam, which i think is sweetened with apple juice concentrate. it's not the same as real jam, but not too bad at all.

i didn't appreciate how much sugar there is in jam until i started making my own.......

Hah Ivor! It's only just begun cariad!

I stood firm though.My choice or no choice. I practice what i preach.

Buy all of these mentioned from my local farm. They are home-made by the old lady who lives there and are delish! Used to make my own but not had time to either pick the fruit or make the stuff

Home made jams and chutneys are to be cherished.

I have just read through the thread and been reminded of Roses lime marmalade. mmmmm. will have to get some

Off on a tangent somewhat, but does anyone else like white bread, buttered with icecream on top? I didn't realise that I'd turned into a freak show until a friend's daughter asked at the end of a meal, "Are you going to have an ice cream sandwich for pudding?" She had heard about it and wanted to see me eat it for herself!

I love the idea of jam being good for you because it has fruit in - would half a jar be 1 of your 5 a day?

Oh no, surely a mere teaspoon full would count as 1 of the 5 per day

moondog - I daren't think about the rest of the week. Can Actol (where's that list of how to do ^?), Cerdd Dant, etc. No wonder I've just had a big glass of wine!

Can no-one mention eating fruit on a spoon, please? When I was little I used to have to take tablets this way, crushed into jam and eaten from a spoon.

Buggggeeeeerrrrr I went to make said lush item of jam n bread but there is no bread left had to have ryvita with chees on instead harrrummmmphhhh.

buy jam every week, kids have it on toast when i cant be arsed to feed them.

I buy Raspberry jam for the kids on toast just like Custardo lol

but I also buy runny golden syrup kids love it on toast too good for snack or if little one doesn't like honey.

blimey - it never occurred to me that jam and marmelade are old fashioned! Its a staple part of our diet.

Children often have tartine for breakfast, which is bread, butter and jam.
also make jam suet puddings yum.

ooh, golden syrup on toast - yum!

Condensed milk on toast is exquisite also - friend from Hong Kong ate it all the time and I had to give it a go. Has a respectable literary pedigree too - AA Milne was a big fan.

DD and I have just had raspberry jam on toast.
Dh likes marmalade too. Always have it in.
Like to have golden syrup too for porridge.

is jam and marmalade a tradition food? Never thought of it as one!! Yes I still buy it!

I bought some strawberry today.

Janh - like your theory. Do chocolate raisins count as another?

orinoco - are you implying that they don't? you'll be telling me ketchup doesn't count next.

hey so that's three of the five. Add a fruit shoot and you're nearly there....