Yesterday we went around the corner to the berry farm and picked 3
quarts of raspberries. It was the first day of their season and the
picking was pretty easy. We came home and made two batches of jam.


I was thinking a couple weeks ago when I was making strawberry jam that
raspberry jam is so much easier because there is no hulling and slicing
to worry about, just crush them in the pot, add sugar and boil. But as
I was picking them I couldn't help but think that strawberries fill a
basket a lot faster than raspberries do.

At any rate, the jam turned out well. I had a bunch of large jars and
used them instead of the smaller ones. No need to use a dozen and a half
small jars when 4 large and two smaller ones will do. I am not planning
on giving them out to everyone. I am going to hard them for myself.