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Thursday, June 7, 2012

I've Been Jammin'....

Strawberry jam makin that is! I gathered up all the necessary canning supplies to make jam on one of the cool days last week. The hubby and kids were waiting impatiently for me to make more as they had consumed all the homemade jam that I made last year. So I went and picked a basketful of berries...washed and hulled them. Consulted google regarding how many pounds of strawberries equal 2 quarts of fresh picked berries. Smashed them up in the blender. Added the sugar and the pectin. Brought everything to a boil and cooked it for the correct amount of time according to the Ball Bluebook of Canning. Filled the jars and into the water bath they went. The end result after about an hour....8 1/2 pint jars of pure strawberry goodness.....Processed another batch as these were cooling. According to the hubby, the jam turned out perfect as he had it for breakfast with toast the next morning. I'm sure I will be making few more batches made before the summer is out. Until next time....

7 comments:

  1. Good Morning, Dee,
    Your strawberries look wonderful. I can't believe you can just go out and pick a colander full! They are pretty expensive that the store here. Great work on the jammin'

    Have a thankful Thursday ~Natalie

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  2. Did you pick the berries from your yard or are Chip's plants producing on the your property? Look delicious...
    Jam on!!!

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  3. Did the berries come from your backyard or are Chip's plants producing up at the property? Looks delicious...Jam on!!!

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  4. Sounds delicious Dee and you make it sound so easy! Enjoy the jam~

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  5. Nat,

    Yes, the berries are from the backyard strawberry beds. They have taken over my raised beds. We put another tiered raised bed in the end of last year and that is where my tomato, pepper, beans and cucumber is. There also are more strawberries there too. The hubby is working on reclaiming another flower bed for lettuce, carrots, beets and squash....hopefully he will get it do e soon....I'm missing fresh picked lettuce.

    D

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  6. Pat,

    Yep, the berries are from the backyard. The deer have be munching on. The plants at our property. Chip needs to work on 10 ft high fencing to keep them out...oh and getting a solar pump working for the well with water....sigh, so much to do so little time.

    D

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  7. Angie,

    Jam making isn't too difficult. The Ball Blue Book of canning walks you through it. Once you get all the supplies gathered, it is pretty easy work. It just is time consuming. The next time I make jam I will be making at least 4 batches....not much more work than making 2.

    D

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