ARO thread 2

[OneHeartySnail]

To continue the discussion...

What next? What did the launch aim to achieve? Did it get the desired result?

The pictures I’ve seen don’t look like good jam. It looks cloudy. Even I, a total jam novice, can make a clear marm and strawberry jam. Is this some sort of weird US hybrid?

I have to say, I do think it looks like a jar of stewed rhubarb 😂

Yes. Jam is basically sugar, fruit and pectin. There's not a whole lot of scope for variation.

Given that good jam can be found cheaply on the shelves of any supermarket or easily made at home if you're so inclined, what exactly is the selling point here? Even the aesthetic is confused between 'country style' muslin lid and pseudo royal monogrammed label. Which doesn't fit.

I came back. Whenever I read about someone/some ones/anyone, saying things which get picked up as being really not the truth, I can't help thinking "What a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive".
If I have misquoted, Derxa will tell me, and I won't mind.

I'd better come clean, your honour. What I said about Camilla and Kate making jam at Sandringham, well I don't seriously think they do it on an industrial scale-I was just joking.

I suspect the late QE taught her and Camilla how to knock out a few hundred jars of jam in a week,

The late Queen was a very longstanding member of the WI. I expect she knew all about jam!

I seem to recall that in the early years Catherine didn’t know what to give the Queen for Christmas. The RF tend to give each other cheap gifts . So she made jam or chutney , can’t remember which and HM was delighted.

And during the pandemic she and the children made pasta and delivered bags to estate workers ( I think)

As the President of the Sandringham WI I reckon QE2 was a dab hand at a spot of jam

haha, were they in the Sentabale goodie bags for the 50 Polo VIP's ?

It’s definitely not screaming “freakish attention to detail” 😂

She might have squeezed one tear from her left eye into every jar…

Hope she hasn’t squeezed anything of his into it….

Is she actually taking the piss?!!

Or whip smart!

Whip Smart would make a good brand name though!

I did wonder if Tracy Robbins (the LA fashion big cheese) was quietly taking the piss by photographing her jam jar with the label peeling off and sticking it on the Gram.

I’d have stuck that label back on if was a real friend of mine trying to launch a product. I wouldn’t make it look shit for posterity.

You're missing the point, guys. This is MEGHAN MARKLE'S jam. She's a DUCHESS. It doesn't matter what's in it, what it tastes like, whether it's cloudy or the label's falling off. It's MEGHAN MARKLE's jam and frankly you should be GRATEFUL that you're even allowed to see an actual jar of this manna from heaven.

FlouncetteLaFroth

She might have squeezed one tear from her left eye into every jar…

Canthave2manycats

Is she actually taking the piss?!!

If it has to be one or the other, I vote for FlouncetteLaFroth's idea.

Actually just made a quick jar of blackcurrant jam myself - only two of us at home now and we grow a lot less fruit now as well, so don't make great batches anymore.

Just got to go and wrestle myself out of my ballgown.

Just catching up.
This is comedy gold! Thanks everyone!
Is anyone else not impressed by the weird amateur calligraphy?

And she still hasn’t managed to reach 600k followers !!

You are - of course- absolutely right and my sincere apologies if anyone thought I was taking the piss …..😂

I have the recipe and can confirm that the chutney is delicious.

It’s In the Pippa Tips book. I’ll post it on here if anyone is interested.

Yes please!

<slinks out from under the rocks AIBU slung at me yesterday.... is it safe yet 🤣 >

... do we know how much she's selling this stuff for?

Had a cheeky look at the Sandringham website and their raspberry and gin jam looks like it's worth the price tag! 🤩

shop.sandringhamestate.co.uk/products/raspberry-and-gin-preserve

Oooh, I want that raspberry and gin jam, looks delicious!!!