Ok, so I'm sure by now you all know that I buy a LOT of my goods from Azure (whatever I can't get thru my CSA & our new Organic Pastures Co-Op!), on my very first 'shopping' adventure with them, I stumbled upon Pomona's Universal Pectin. Never heard of it! So I read up on it & you can make jams & jelly's with honey! And low sugar! It's AWESOME stuff! Each purchase (you can buy a small packet or a pound - thru Azure is the best price) comes with a recipe sheet, but if you lose it (like I always manage to do!) it's also on their site as a PDF. It's so easy to do all kinds of concoctions with this stuff! Here are some of the combo's I've done:
Peach, Ranier Cherry, Blueberry w/Lemon Zest, Blueberry Rhubarb, Peach Rhubarb, Peach BBQ Sauce (recipe from Ball's Jam Book). Today I'm going to try Orange Plum & Orange Peach. After I get some more Rhubarb from Azure I want to try Strawberry Rhubarb!
Look at all the gorgeous blueberries, we are getting 2.5 pounds for 10! I got 2! The catch? They come in a baggie & many still had stems on, so I carefully sorted them, I literally put a very small handful into the compost, the rest we gorgeous! I sorted into 'soft for jam' & firm for freezing.
I have made a LOT of Jam in the past few years. I started out with my Aunt Dor making microwave Jam, her thing is that every year, the day after Thanksgiving she'll make about 4 batches of her famous Pear Raspberry Jam for Christmas gifts for all her co-corkers. If we were lucky she'd have a few leftover for our Family's White Elephant game & 2-3 lucky lucky family members would get a small jar to last the year....She also made a microwave Jalapeno Jelly. Although I will no longer use the microwave, I am really glad to have learned from her,it was so easy & that is still one of my most popular flavors & I add Jalapeno's to it now, for a spicy twist!
What kind of canning do you do?
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