Jam

[nikkie]

I've made jam today!
First time ever!
Now have jars waiting for the next lot

oh well done you! was it easy?

the hedgerows here are FULL of blackberries and I was thinking I might try, then again Asda is only 2 miles away

Hmmm, I ate some jam today...

Much easier than I thought actually ,
Now want to do plum jam , do weigh them with the stones in?

Well done you . I made some with blackcurrants from the garden a couple of weeks ago. Very good at impressing my workmates at tea time! Just waiting on my apples to be ready to see what I will do with them

well done nickie! assume without stones, but not sure sorry.

i did blackberry jelly last year. got a blister from pushing the fruit through a sieve but was def worth it. unsieved jam is easy peasy and utterly delish. asda cannot compete with my grans home made jam

i picked blackberrys from the garden the other day in order to try and make some jam.... left them soaking in water for a few hours and then found lots of wiggly wormy type things in the water afterwards!... coulnd'nt bring myself to make it after that, next time i might make black currant jam or something that it harder for the wigglies to hide in!

I made gooseberry (I froze them when they were in the garden) and elderberry jam last week

Felt well accomplished.

Plum jam...... you can do it without stones if you use jam sugar, if you can't be arsed though you can leave in the stones then remove at the end: stones have lots of natural pectin (setting agent).

Have borrowed a copy of Domestic Goddess now, and this weekend am amking:

for us: flapjacks, spinach and sausage pie

for the carnival club cake stall (if anyone's in Ilminster this weekend... no? Didn't think so LOL): banana muffins; snickers and peanut butter muffins; flapjacks; macaroons; chocolate and orange cake; millionaires shortbread; fairy cakes (OK, the last one is the kids)

Have I got the bug d'ya think? LOl

(Mum's a harvest home- make your own chutney type, MIL is a professional sugarcrafter type person- I ahve a lot to live up to)

Have found an old recipe book of my Mams with plum and apple jam in (perfect as I have masses of both!) it says 3 lb of each then gives instructions to peel & core/ destone so that must be weighed with I guess?
Thsi book is fab has every jam, chutney etc you could think of!

My Mum makes appoe and rosehip- does it haev that? I always wondered if she made it up, but if so then very impressed

Blackberry (bramble?) jam is DELICIOUS!!!!

It has rose hip jelly , it has apples in it!
its a more complicated one.

Just picked a few blackberries today on way home from the allotment , will have to go picking properly

Blackberries are lovely at the moment....really sweet...YUM.

Bramble jelly melted down over ice cream... mmmmmm

Took the kids for a walk last week and grabbed a tupperware box on the way out the backdoor in case we found any blackberries. Returned 3 hours later and made 6 jars of jam. Yummy.

I'm about to make elderberry jam and some elderberry wine!

will have to look it out darling. If I've not posted it by the weekend.... start a thread calling me... I love threads that call me!

My mum made Marrow and Ginger jam this year and it's FAB! Now she's on to Blackberry....me, I just eat it on my toast.

That's in my book too!

Try it - what else are marrows good for??? Just overweight courgettes IMO.

We went blackberry picking while camping in the lakes and took the home to make a pie. When I asked dd what the best part of our holiday was she said "picking blackberries". She told her "aunty" at nursery today "When I grow up I am going to be a fruit picker"

Twinset. My DD1 loves picking blackberries too but they never make it to the container!! It's easy doing long walks at this time of year as the blackberries keep her going - she walked over 2 miles last week to a park! She is 2.6!!!