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Originally Posted by bencelest
Thanks for your complements Cassie, Mskitty and Richard.
Richard: Do you put pectin to your jam preserves?
If so, where can you buy them?
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Here's how my family (father's side) has looked at it for generations:
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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.
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jam is a sugar-laden treat.
My recipe for preserves is here:
Preserving the harvest: heat pasteurization