Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Jamming in the Kitchen

How many pounds of strawberries is enough for two people?  How much can two people eat?  As you know they soon start to decay and I do not want for them to end up on the compost pile.. Not only once but twice did I end up with three (3) lbs of sweet Florida strawberries.  What to do?

Let's do some serious strawberry jamming in the kitchen.  Here it goes:

Wash, hull, and cut/slice two (2) lbs, about one kilogram, of strawberries and put them in a large pot with two (2) cups of sugar.  Stir.until well blended.  Let it come to a full roiling boil and then turn it down to a simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Stir often to keep the jam from burning.

I added half an apple to the strawberry
jam to aid with pectin.  Thin peels of a small lemon and its juice will also do very well.

When the strawberry jam has turned into a much darker color than it started with, try dipping out a tablespoon of the jam to put on a small plate.  It it does not "run," it is ready to be put in clean jars.

If the jam is going to be used soon, store in the fridge.  Enjoy the jam!.

While waiting for the strawberry jam to gel, how about a listening to the Beatles?  This is totally awesome!


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8 comments:

  1. Thanks for the memory i often helped my grandmother make strawberry jam and also managed to eat some of the berries :)

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    1. Thank you for your visit and kind response. Strawberries are indeed delicious.

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  2. I'm not much of a canner, but my hubby is! One year he decided to make batches of strawberry jam and we're still enjoying the fruits of his labor. :)



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  3. Now you have me wanting strawberry jam for breakfast.

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  4. Thank you for visiting. Strawberry jam is good eating!

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  5. Visiting from A to Z. I was able to buy fresh Carolina berries during a visit earlier this week to a farmers market in Durham, NC. It's nice fresh, but would also make a fantastic jam. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. Carolina fruits and berries are always good, especially from farmers markets.

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