At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in late
June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' ) and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way, and
dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

In article ,
"Kathi Jones" wrote:

At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in late
June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' ) and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way, and
dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Dang, Kathi, I'm pretty sure I've done strawberry-peach and wasn't all
that impressed with it. Strawberry-Banana is pretty good. :-)

I guess when I start thinking about combination jams, I talk to myself
about how I'd like them if they were in a fruit combo on my plate -- or
if they were smooshed together (the technical term) for something like a
pancake topper. Or a yogurt flavor combination. Strawberries and
blueberries are swell. Strawberry-orange is good, too. I might have
recipes (fingers crossed). If I do, I'll look for them when I'm done
defrosting my deepfreeze.

Don't know if that helps you much. :-/

Me, I'd make the frozen peaches and aps into butter and leave the
strawberries out of it. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

"Melba's Jammin'" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Kathi Jones" wrote:

At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in
late
June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I
can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' )
and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way,
and
dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots
in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Dang, Kathi, I'm pretty sure I've done strawberry-peach and wasn't all
that impressed with it. Strawberry-Banana is pretty good. :-)

I guess when I start thinking about combination jams, I talk to myself
about how I'd like them if they were in a fruit combo on my plate -- or
if they were smooshed together (the technical term) for something like a
pancake topper. Or a yogurt flavor combination. Strawberries and
blueberries are swell. Strawberry-orange is good, too. I might have
recipes (fingers crossed). If I do, I'll look for them when I'm done
defrosting my deepfreeze.

Don't know if that helps you much. :-/

Me, I'd make the frozen peaches and aps into butter and leave the
strawberries out of it. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

hey Barb,

I ALWAYS appreciate your input!! I know, the strawberry combo sounded
different to me too...I may not do it - like you, I was trying to imagine
what the 2 would taste like. I like blueberry peach and raspberry peach,
but strawberry peach? Dunno.

Will do some googling and see what else I can find, other than the obvious
strawberry rhubarb, and your famous Strawberry Mango with Kiwi fruit (which
I'll have to make again this year!)

oh, and Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks!!

Kathi

In article ,
"Kathi Jones" wrote:

"Melba's Jammin'" wrote in message

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and
apricots in the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in
Strawberry Peach or Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried
these combos? Barb? I just checked the Bernardin CBoHP and
neither combo is listed.


Kathi

Dang, Kathi, I'm pretty sure I've done strawberry-peach and wasn't all
that impressed with it. Strawberry-Banana is pretty good. :-)

I guess when I start thinking about combination jams, I talk to myself
about how I'd like them if they were in a fruit combo on my plate -- or
if they were smooshed together (the technical term) for something like a
pancake topper. Or a yogurt flavor combination. Strawberries and
blueberries are swell. Strawberry-orange is good, too. I might have
recipes (fingers crossed). If I do, I'll look for them when I'm done
defrosting my deepfreeze.

Don't know if that helps you much. :-/

Me, I'd make the frozen peaches and aps into butter and leave the
strawberries out of it. :-)
--

hey Barb,

I ALWAYS appreciate your input!! I know, the strawberry combo sounded
different to me too...I may not do it - like you, I was trying to imagine
what the 2 would taste like. I like blueberry peach and raspberry peach,
but strawberry peach? Dunno.

Will do some googling and see what else I can find, other than the obvious
strawberry rhubarb, and your famous Strawberry Mango with Kiwi fruit (which
I'll have to make again this year!)

oh, and Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks!!

Kathi

Try Doubleberry -- strawberries and blues.
And the Strawberry Banana is good, too.
Have any raspberries? raspberries and strawberries are nice together.
Happy Canada Day!
I don't usually make more than one batch of most stuff. I'm caving in
my dotage -- I've 16 jars of plain strawberry jam. Sam loves it, Rob
loves it. Their command is my wish. :-)

I just finished a batch of crabapple jelly (Dolgo crab juice from the
freezer, 2004 vintage.) I have the worst time with that stuff -- it
always has little bubbles in it. I should have just cooked it with
sugar instead of using pectin, too, but I'm lazy. I've another bag of
juice available -- maybe I'll do that one with only sugar. The bubbles
didn't hurt it in the judges' eyes last year -- it won first place.
(Who was it talking about bragging about our Fair stuff? Anny, I think.
I hate to disappoint. "-)

I'm feeling a little smug right now, too. I usually make twice as much
work for myself as necessary AFA labeling goes. Long story. This year,
instead of "coding" the jars until after the Fair, I'm just labeling
them -- and putting the label on the top of the jar instead of the side.
That should take care of the bad language -- those labels can be a
bugger to get off the glass. I like Avery 5294 -- they're 2" diameter,
I think. OK, 2-1/2" diameter.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:48:55 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
wrote:


I'm feeling a little smug right now, too. I usually make twice as much
work for myself as necessary AFA labeling goes. Long story. This year,
instead of "coding" the jars until after the Fair, I'm just labeling
them -- and putting the label on the top of the jar instead of the side.
That should take care of the bad language -- those labels can be a
bugger to get off the glass. I like Avery 5294 -- they're 2" diameter,
I think. OK, 2-1/2" diameter.


I have been using the 5294 labels and putting them on the lid for
years. I figured that way I don't have to get the blasted things off
the jars. I can manage to get them off the lids if I want to enter
them in the fair. Last time I ordered about 10 packs of them.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

In article ,
The Cook wrote:

I have been using the 5294 labels and putting them on the lid for
years.

You're a faster learner than I, Susan. :-)

I figured that way I don't have to get the blasted things off
the jars.

Yup.

I can manage to get them off the lids if I want to enter
them in the fair.

After processing I identify the two I will enter and don't label those
until time to put the entry info on a label.

Last time I ordered about 10 packs of them.

Remember where you get them?
I think my last 3 packs came from averyforless.com -- something like
that.


--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

"Kathi Jones" wrote in message
...

"Melba's Jammin'" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Kathi Jones" wrote:

At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in
late
June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I
can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' )
and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way,
and
dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots
in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach
or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Dang, Kathi, I'm pretty sure I've done strawberry-peach and wasn't all
that impressed with it. Strawberry-Banana is pretty good. :-)

I guess when I start thinking about combination jams, I talk to myself
about how I'd like them if they were in a fruit combo on my plate -- or
if they were smooshed together (the technical term) for something like a
pancake topper. Or a yogurt flavor combination. Strawberries and
blueberries are swell. Strawberry-orange is good, too. I might have
recipes (fingers crossed). If I do, I'll look for them when I'm done
defrosting my deepfreeze.

Don't know if that helps you much. :-/

Me, I'd make the frozen peaches and aps into butter and leave the
strawberries out of it. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

hey Barb,

I ALWAYS appreciate your input!! I know, the strawberry combo sounded
different to me too...I may not do it - like you, I was trying to imagine
what the 2 would taste like. I like blueberry peach and raspberry peach,
but strawberry peach? Dunno.

Will do some googling and see what else I can find, other than the obvious
strawberry rhubarb, and your famous Strawberry Mango with Kiwi fruit
(which I'll have to make again this year!)

oh, and Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks!!

Kathi


Kathi, I made something called 'Blazzberry' once and put it in the fair. It
was blueberries and raspberries.
-ginny

"Kathi Jones" wrote in message
...
At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in
late June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' ) and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way,
and dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Eldest daughther just got back from working at a missions camp in Maine.
One day they sent them out to pick strawberries. They came back with 80
pounds. Then they had to clean, hull and freeze them. She said she'd freak
out and can me if I brought any strawberries into the house!
-ginny

"Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote in message
...

"Kathi Jones" wrote in message
...
At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in
late June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I
can't account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for
me' ) and I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the
kitchen as I type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out
of the way, and dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat
after dinner tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots
in the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach
or Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I
just checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Eldest daughther just got back from working at a missions camp in Maine.
One day they sent them out to pick strawberries. They came back with 80
pounds. Then they had to clean, hull and freeze them. She said she'd
freak out and can me if I brought any strawberries into the house!
-ginny



Holy cow! Ya, 6 baskets are about my limit.....80 pounds?? Wow....

Kathi

In article ,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote:

Kathi, I made something called 'Blazzberry' once and put it in the fair. It
was blueberries and raspberries.
-ginny

That's a nice combination. Maybe a little lemon peel?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
In article ,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote:

Kathi, I made something called 'Blazzberry' once and put it in the fair. It
was blueberries and raspberries.
-ginny

That's a nice combination. Maybe a little lemon peel?

You don't put lemon in my berries, and I won't put beets in your,
well, anything. :-)

Serene

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On Jun 30, 6:37 am, "Kathi Jones" wrote:
At my house, the preserving year starts with the strawberry harvest in late
June ...

My 8 year old daughter and I picked 20 litres ($27 CDN) of strawberries
yesterday (actually, we picked more than that, but the extras that I can't
account for ended up in her tummy - 'one for the basket, one for me' ) and
I'm cleaning them today. Have them spread out all over the kitchen as I
type this. Once I get the Strawberry Margarita craving out of the way, and
dip the pretty ones with stems in chocolate for a treat after dinner
tonight, it'll be time to start jammin'.

I'll do plain strawberry jam of course, but I have peaches and apricots in
the freezer and was thinking of a blended jam...as in Strawberry Peach or
Strawberry Apricot. Has anyone ever tried these combos? Barb? I just
checked the Bernardin CBoHP and neither combo is listed.

OK, back to the berries...

Kathi

Hi -

Your strawberries are probably all put up by now, but if you pick some
more, you could try strawberry lavender jam. I add about 1/8 t
(unsprayed) lavender flowers per half-pint of jam. The farmer at the
market who sells the lavender says that it goes well with most
berries.

I also tried a few jars with rose water added, but I haven't tasted
them yet so I'm not sure how it turned out. When I put some rosewater
and sugar on strawberries for shortcake, it was very well received,
so hopefully the jam will be nice, too.

Libby