"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Thu 07 May 2009 04:56:39p, Julie Bove told us...
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>>
>> "Anny Middon" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> The problem is I eat so little of it. I wouldn't want to bother
>>>> making an actual jam. I just buy 3 or 4 jars a year. Most of the jar
>>>> gets thrown away, but that's okay. I have bought little single serve
>>>> packets from minimus.biz when daughter liked to take them in her lunch
>>>> (she doesn't now), but they are not the kind I like.
>>>
>>> I understand why it's easier to just throw out jam, since it is a bit
>>> of work to make it.
>>>
>>> I just want to point out that you can make jam in those little half-cup
>>> jars. You'd throw out less that way.
>>>
>>> AND you'd have a few jars to give away as little presents. Label them
>>> "Julie's Own Gourmet Berry Jam (Naturally sweetened without sugar)." I
>>> find there are a lot of times when I want to give someone a little
>>> something, and a jar of jam is exactly right.
>>
>> Nobody I know eats jam. When I made it before, nobody really wanted it.
>> I've also found that most people I know don't want home canned stuff at
>> all. They fear it might not be safe to eat.
>
> First let me say no offense intended, Julie, and I haven't read this
> entire
> thread. However, from what I gather you eat only a fraction of the jam
> you
> buy, which would also be true if you made it yourself? And no one else
> eats jam or wants other home canned food. Given that, I think it would be
> a waste of effort, time, and money to pursue any home preserving. I guess
> I'm not sure why you're pursuing the topic.

I was responding to someone else who said they bought sugar free jam. I
have canned things in the past. Just am not canning anything t the moment.