Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú

Grow your own  permalink

SPRING AND WINTER

• Message 1. 

  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Sunday, 16th January 2011

  Had a jar of freshly opened blackberry jam today to go with the sponge cake for part of our dinner,
  
  I picked that fruit and it was bottled 4 years ago and it tasted & smelt as fresh as the day we picked the fruit,
  
  "Who said gardening was a waste of time"?

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message1

• Message 2

  , in reply to message 1.

  Posted by As_Iff (U13951957) on Monday, 17th January 2011

  I wish I could succeed with blackberry jam. I`ve tried three times, and it comes out too solid every time.
  I want to retain that lovely blackberry smell, and that fragrance wild blackberries have that`s almost floral. But I also want jam that is soft enough to spread.
  I know you know what I mean about the fragrance, because you`ve mentioned it.
  In despair I bought a jar of blackberry jelly from the supermarket, but I`m disappointed.
  It smells of nothing and tastes of nothing, just sugar.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message2

• Message 3

  , in reply to message 1.

  Posted by foodchat (U13819833) on Monday, 17th January 2011

  Hi Punpun,
  
  I make blackberry for the frist time this year and my family love it, in a sponge cake too.
  
  Leigh

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message3

• Message 4

  , in reply to message 2.

  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 17th January 2011

  As_Iff,
  I have just the reverse problem (if it is a problem), mine comes out on the too spreadable side, but tasty. I still remember the scratched forearms and other regions. I prefer making jelly to jam as I'm not too keen on the pips. and I still have most of my own teeth ! Cheers, Tony.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message4

• Message 5

  , in reply to message 4.

  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 17th January 2011

  
  
  Preserves cupboard's looking bare. Cheers, Tony.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message5

• Message 6

  , in reply to message 5.

  Posted by As_Iff (U13951957) on Monday, 17th January 2011

  Your preserve cupboard looks wonderfully interesting.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message6

• Message 7

  , in reply to message 6.

  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Tuesday, 18th January 2011

  I like to have it ' jam packed with stuff' ' at the end of the year as I give a lot to freinds and relations at Christmas. I also give stuff to engineering firms / garages that have been usefull during the year. Cheers, Tony.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message7

• Message 8

  , in reply to message 7.

  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Friday, 21st January 2011

  Hi folks,
  Ive not been on line for a few days (wood cutting in the woods ! another story)
  and so i'd like to say thanks to all who replied and offer a little help here and there ref the jam making.
  
  My very best offer of help "and it really is worth trying this idea as you'll have not only the jam we had but so many very simple to make jams and more plus the secret to how to set the jams.
  
  Its the jam making book from W.H.SMITH or AMAZON and its by the womens institute people. Called jam making.
  
  As ive said this book is cheap and has so many simple to do and the tricks of the trade as done by our older folks over many years.
  
  Now ref the storage of jams etc we have one of those old kitchen larders that was very popular in the early 60's
  You know the ones with the draw-bridge opening and it even has a place for the tea holder and egg holder tucked away inside.
  
  It has a tinned off metal lined dept for keeping food cool and a bread section that has it's own glass closing lid.
  
  We found this food larder in the early 80's when we bought a cottage in wales it had been left in the garage and i took it on as a woodwork project and re-vamped it up and now the "BOSS" has it in the hoppy room as her storage unit for jams, chutney's etc.
  
  Once again it you really want that little push to get you going in the gardening,
  make chutney, jams, and preserve your own fruit's,
  Do this and enjoy the fruits of your labours during the winter when you just cant buy anything near as far as taste and "COST" is concerned.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message8

• Message 9

  , in reply to message 8.

  Posted by As_Iff (U13951957) on Saturday, 22nd January 2011

  Hello punpun, I`ve got three books with jam recipes in, and my jam still comes out too solid. Does the W I book tell you specifically how to get a soft jam, while still retaining that lovely blackberry smell and flavour.?

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message9

• Message 10

  , in reply to message 9.

  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Saturday, 22nd January 2011

  Hi As_if,
  it tells you everything from the correct pots to use, how long to boil the fruit, all the little things you'd never normaly think about,
  
  why not www. dot the W.I and ask if they have any help for your lumpy jam??
  
  It may work.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message10

• Message 11

  , in reply to message 10.

  Posted by As_Iff (U13951957) on Sunday, 23rd January 2011

  OK, thanks, I`ll try that.

  Link to this forum: SPRING AND WINTER

  Report message11

Back to top