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Old 07-12-2008, 09:52 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you harvest today (other plants)?

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Originally Posted by bencelest View Post
Thanks for your complements Cassie, Mskitty and Richard.
Richard: Do you put pectin to your jam preserves?
If so, where can you buy them?
Here's how my family (father's side) has looked at it for generations:

A preserve is just preserved fruit -- nothing added except some lemon juice as a preservative and perhaps some tapioca or arrowroot powder if you don't want to stir for an extra half-hour to thicken the mixture.

A jam is a sugar-laden treat.

My recipe for preserves is here: Preserving the harvest: heat pasteurization
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