This is a "Jay Leno" strawberry we picked at Bunn's Pick Your Own Starwberry Farm, on the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Ninty-nine cents a pound. Nice sweet strawberries.
We attempted to make Jam but of course the first round came out as Strawberry Goo.
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Let's share recipes so I can avoid gooooooooo. Lots of pickin' to do at Homstead in a few weeks.
My recipe is from two books, both trying to say honey can be used instead of BAAAADD sugar.
8 cups strawberries (mashed up to 4 1/2)
1 pkg pectin
3 1/2 cups honey, to taste.
Cook a lot, boil a lot
Jar in sterile hot jars...
Since the last post I have had a go at putting up some strawberry jam myself using the following recipe from www.homestead-farm.net/ This one caught my eye for the simplicity: 5 cups crushed berries (2 qts.)
7 cups (3 lb.) sugar
1 box powdered fruit pectin
Stir powdered pectin into the berries. Bring berries and pectin to a boil and add sugar all at once. Again, bring the mixture to a boil for one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and fill jars.
Right away some problems here in that the Store had only liquid pectin and whoa; I had almost 3qts. crushed berries. Yes, yes, I know you are warned not to double recipes for jam/jelly and we are warned to follow precisely all instruction. But what the heck to do with all these berries. Anyhow, 'there is no bad result as unset jam then is called sauce or syrup for ice cream or pancakes, right? Reading further through some other recipes I am encouraged to read that the set up may take two-three weeks and so there remains hope yet for some decent jam. Just now its consistency is that of a thick sauce. Go goo, GO!
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