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The Saga of Jam

The chronicles of my first jam making experience, as well as some others. I was very lucky to be able to make preserves with my aunt and grandma in New York while there on a visit in the fall of 2006. I will probably chronicle some more as time goes on.
Table of jam
Table of jam		 Leo- hiding and ready to pounce.
Leo- hiding and ready to pounce.		 Farmer's Market
Farmer's Market		 Making Blackberry Peach jam ( with sage)
Making Blackberry Peach jam ( with sage)
Jamming!
Jamming!		 Marmalade in jars
Marmalade in jars		 Preparing the Jars at grandma's
Preparing the Jars at grandma's		 LOTS of cherries!
LOTS of cherries!
Grandma supervising the Cherry jam
Grandma supervising the Cherry jam		 Waiting for boiling
Waiting for boiling		 checking for the gel
checking for the "gel"		 Chopping Honeycrisp apples- for apple butter- yum!
Chopping Honeycrisp apples- for apple butter- yum!
adding sugar- scientifically
adding sugar- scientifically		 Checking for thickness
Checking for thickness		 The new jam bounty!
The new jam bounty!		 Equipment
Equipment
Jars
Jars		 Lids and Bands
Lids and Bands		 Soaking Strawberries
Soaking Strawberries		 Raspberries cooking and cooking
Raspberries cooking and cooking
Helpers!
Helpers!		 Raspberries REALLY cooking.
Raspberries REALLY cooking.		 Waiting for the kettle to boil
Waiting for the kettle to boil		 Yay for helpers!
Yay for helpers!
The jam bounty
The jam bounty		 Blueberry excess
Blueberry excess		 Processing blueberries
Processing blueberries		 More jam bounty
More jam bounty
Cleaning up
Cleaning up

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Norbert Fortelny 14-Sep-2007 13:54
Yes! Nice to see that other people are doing it too.
blonderose 29-Jul-2007 14:21
so i find myself coming back to this gallery again...i love everything that this stands for - family, friends, home, love and history.
Dan Chusid 07-Jun-2007 19:44
Good work!
Marisa D.L. 01-Jun-2007 15:33
Amusing and interesting report!
Marisa
zyziza 18-Mar-2007 16:27
Very nice and instructive gallery!
David Barrett 26-Jan-2007 10:18
Thanks for the lessons - save me some!!Thanks for sharing.
Winter27 11-Oct-2006 19:15
I want to join "Jam Fest"- this looks like a lot of kitchen witchy fun to me.
Dan Grandquist 05-Sep-2006 13:41
Long live the Jam! (until we eat it).
Scott Browne 05-Sep-2006 03:52
YUM! Very cool.
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