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Ross@home

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:47:08 -0800, (Judy Haffner)
wrote:

>
>I don't think I've ever read any posts in here in regards to making jam
>or jelly, so I just wondered if anybody in here does that?
>
>If you do make your own, what kind do you make? What are your favorite
>flavors? Have any special recipes to share?
>
>Before my mother died of cancer 5 years ago, she and I would make it
>together, but I haven't made it since. Commercial brands just don't have
>near the same quality of flavor as homemade. Nothing beats a person's
>own raspberry, or strawberry jam. I haven't made a jelly roll since then
>either, as not the same with commercial jam, I don't think.
>
>Hubby use to make salmon berry jelly every year, until he was diagnosed
>with type 2 Diabetes (it uses 7 cups of sugar per batch). We would often
>give it out at Christmas, and everyone seemed tickled to get it. Neither
>of us eat much of any kind of jam or jelly anymore, but I do buy it to
>bake with, and occasionally will have a open-faced peanut butter
>sandwich with some type of jam/jelly on top the p. butter. I use it in
>a restaurant, if we are eating breakfast out, and most often I opt for
>orange marmalade.
>
>Judy

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