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in article , Blanche Nonken at
wrote on 5/7/04 6:50 AM:

> "Pennyaline" > wrote:
>
>> "Dwayne" wrote:
>>> We gave some "runny" blueberry jam to my brother and didn't tell him what
>> it
>>> was. He has always bragged on how delicious that blueberry syrup was that
>>> we gave him. It is all in a name.
>>
>> I have never made blueberry jam successfully. It always thins out and goes
>> runny, no matter what I do. The same thing happens if I try to cook up jelly
>> with them.
>>
>> <maybe we should just make wine with the little *******s>
>
> I've done it successfully with powdered pectin - it sets, but oozes a
> bit. Nobody in the family complains.
we usually make bluebarb, half rhubarb and half blueberry, either with or
without added pectin. Always sets.
Ellen
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