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Produce => Recipes => Topic started by: Moggle on September 15, 2006, 19:31:08
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Here is a pic of the jams I have made so far this year:
(http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VQDjAsEa5Y64pXGbNsHI88d3pN0RhQ3AAQz91kp2ISQPUc8TNy!kTo2ELf09om*d4yDhGnHGxQ7A2rho*tHwCG8WJinE0iWYqkSr!1bsqbwpeCOx08H2YGZ45emgEZ*9/Lotsa%20jams.JPG?dc=4675589562092408894)
I'm pretty chuffed seeing that I don't have a lottie (or even a garden), or car to get to a pick your own. Most of the fruit I have picked from the hedgerows, and the raspbs were given to me by a colleague. Bought a few apples for the jellies, and bought the blueberries.
Many thanks to those on here who helped with recipes and bullace/damson identification :)
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:o what a fabulous haul! and lovely labels!
how do you do them moggle? ::)
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I was just going to ask that :P :P ;D. I like the jars in the foreground too. Where did you get them?
Tricia
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I see you made the 'hedgerow' jam,Moggle. Marks out of 10 for taste please. ;D
Isnt it satisfying to make things to be had for the picking? Well done you.
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yes do tell
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A very satisfying photo Moggle. Lovely and yummy! And your labels are amazing!
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Well done Moggle! Happy eating.
Jitterbug
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They look scrumptious. Did you design the labels? Elegant, or what!
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Thanks guys!
The labels are just 'borrowed' address labels from work - 99*33mm. The font is called 'viner hand itc' and is from MS Word which is the program I did the labels in. The pictures came from clipart online, again accessed through MS word. I can try to email out a document with a good selection of pics if people are interested - I'm sure no-one will tell Bill Gates! PM me your email and make sure you say what fruit/veg you particularly want.
The jars are from M&S, their sun dried toms and olives come in them - as well as a few other things of that type. I made sure they were at the front of the pic, cos I think they look nice. They are put to one side now to be part of a 'matching set' to give to the in-laws at Christmas along with some other food goodies.
I'd give the hedgerow a 7 or an 8 for taste (raspberry being 10 in my book :)) Very full flavour and a bit tart and also a bit 'tannic'?? kind of like a good full-bodied red wine (but sweet of course). It might be even better strained and as a jelly - I only discovered this year how much I liked jellies.
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WOW! What a great spread oj jams, I'm always interested in using products from the hedgrow etc. am going to pick crab apples and rowan berries later today to try a couple of jellies, but had very little success with jellies so far (this is only my 1st year of jams/jelies/chutneys) Is there a secret to Jelly making?
Kathi
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don't squeeze the jelly bag
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... and thank you moggle :-*
oh just noticed the jam tally :o ;D ;D
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ooo, I am a gentle squeezer! ;D
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I'm a gentle squeezer too :)
My essential tool with jellies (and jams) has been a sugar thermometer - no wondering if setting point has been reached - you know from the thermometer.
Prink, I found with crab-apples I didn't add enough water on the first go. I covered around 500gm with water, boiled for ages, strained and only had half a pint of liquid. So I put more water back in with the pulp, with some lemon juice and the rind, and re-strained and got at least another half pint to a pint! So don't be afraid to add more water than you might think at first.