On 6/17/2014 12:46 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
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Curious minds and all that songbird, why make freezer jam? I just don't
have enough freezer place to store jams and jellies so I boiling water
bath can them. Not finding fault, just curious.

4 cups of sugar instead of 7 per batch and a
better overall flavor (not cooking it leaves a
lot more of the strawberry complexity intact).

we don't have much freezer space either and i
understand the conundrum, but for the strawberry
jam supply for the next year we do have that
space.

i've already given away most of the jam that
didn't quite set right.


songbird

I buy strawberries at the market for my wife, I do not like the taste
and texture of modern strawberries. The one's my mother grew back in the
forties and fifties were small with lots of flavor. I guess, as we age,
our tastes change. Some things I used to love to eat now are not so
tasty to me. Dear wife loves mangoes, I despise them but love papaya.
First time I ate a papaya was in Bangkok in 1981, fell in love with them
and still buy one at the market every once in awhile. Most fruits are
enjoyable to me as I eat a lot of fruit.