I was brought up on homemade jam , and it never really occurs to me to buy it in shops. So, when I opened the cupboard earlier this week to find- shock horror!- that we only had four jars left, there was only one possible solution. Shop bought blackberries.
I know, I know, it goes against the very ethos of homemade blackberry jam, but it's my absolute favorite and I just can't bring myself to buy the jam ready made. That's what living in London does to a county bumpkin.
Even I could not bring myself to buy enough little punnets to keep our toast covered until next summer, so I supplemented with shop bought plums. Here they are just after the sugar went in:
The little white floating things are kernels (I cracked open some of the plum stones and extracted them). I've not added them before, but they're meant to make it yummier. We shall see...
In other news, how about these for the stripy cardie?
They fit through the button holes, which is a good start! (can you believe that picture was taken at two in the afternoon?? That's the light we've been getting lately...)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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Yummy. I've never made jam before, but last week my mom and I made plum-apple sauce which I think would be similar?
PS: I added you to my blogroll.
My Landlord is the prince of Damson Jam and we *ALWAYS* leave the stones in when we make the jam. You can fish them out during the rolling-boil phase of the jamification, but if they are in for some of the time they imbibe the whole solution with flavours and pectin.
Amaretto is made from the pits of Apricots.
Never underestimate the powers of the kernel!
And yes, isn't it wierd suddenly having so much less light?!
I made blackberry and apple last week - 1kg blackberries, 1kg apples, 1kg sugar.
mind you i tend to go pretty overboard with jam making - we still have lots of quince jam from last year under the stairs. :)
Doesn't the pits of Pome's (peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, etc) contain Cyanide when the pits are fresh? Please be careful. I'm greedy, I like your blog :)
heh, glad to see the jam making masses standing up to be counted!
DeAnn, we should be ok, you need to eat quite a few to be ill. As Felix says, they're a traditional addition, and go into amaretto (where the alcohol is likely to get you first!)
I came for the Wonder Woman sweater and stayed for the jam- do you have any recommended recipes? I'm stuck on the same old standard blueberry jam and I hate it every time!
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