Fruit jams: an easy task while I mylot.

@marguicha (230350)

Chile

January 4, 2013 2:34pm CST

Jams are not hard to make if you have the fruit. Many people have answered my post about my apricot tree, telling me how wonderful it is that I make jams with the apricots. In fact, it is quite easy. I halve the apricots and use 2/3 or a cup of sugar for 1 cup of fruit. My grandma said it was 1 cup for 1 cup, but I find it too sweet. I place the pot (a thick one) on low and go to my computer I go to stir once in a while, specially at the beginning. By the way, while I write this, I am eating some warm jam I stole from the pot.

I make plum and strawberry jam, blackberry (my favorite) and orange with carrot in Winter. What do you do while mylotting? Share

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@namiya (1721)

• Philippines

5 Jan 13

I have never made a jam and just rely on what could be bought at the groceries but the way you made it seem how easy it is to make one I think i have to try doing one with a local fruit in season. My mylotting activity is usually squeezed in between my daily routines and during commercials while watching a tv show that i follow daily.

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@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

It seems pineapple jam is a bit different than apricot jam as to measures. I don`t use 1:1 for apricot. It`s much too sweet and it doesn`t taste so good. Check online before making jams to get good ideas.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

Jam making is also part of my "during commercials" work. THere are many things that don`t need to be watched while they are being made and most jams fall into that category. I don`t use preservatives so maybe they won`t keep until forever. But they don`t last until forever either

@namiya (1721)

• Philippines

7 Jan 13

I made a try yesterday by making use of the fresh pineapple fruit that was left untouched since new years day. I diced the peeled fresh fruit into very small pieces and used the 1:1 cup sugar mixture and cook. I'm no good at cooking and result was not at par with what is bought at grocery stores

. Need to practice further

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@tkonlinevn (6427)

• Vietnam

5 Jan 13

As me, you shouldn't eat when you're surfing! You'll be fat! :) I'm only dring water when I'm mylotting!

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

If you made such a good jam as I do, with ripe apricots that grow in your backyard, you`d be temped to eat some while you place it in jars.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

12 Jan 13

A friend of mine gave me some very smll jars from beby food. I packed the jam there and they keep sealed for over a year. I put the open jar in the fridge. It keeps for weeks.

@tkonlinevn (6427)

• Vietnam

11 Jan 13

Maybe :) But I'll try to eat little for every time. Could I keep the jam in fridge many days?

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@ElicBxn (64169)

• United States

4 Jan 13

play games, nothing nearly as constructive... course, its raining and very cold (for Texas anyway) so I don't want to go out to my shed... like I've spent much time there anyway...

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

4 Jan 13

What kind of games do you play? The only games I play now are some of pogo games online. We are in the middle of Summer here, so my only problem is whether to walk barefooted or not

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@ElicBxn (64169)

• United States

5 Jan 13

I've been playing castleville on facebook and some mindjolt games too, and I was playing jigsaw world but that doesn't seem to be working right now... I like online jigsaws...

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

4 Jan 13

myLot Poppit, myLot Poppit.....

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Jan 13

I`m popping ballons this week too. Normally I play canasta or poker. Sometimes I go get tokens at freecell.

@echoforever (5180)

• United States

12 Jan 13

Popping up in myLot what?

just jokin'.

@echoforever (5180)

• United States

12 Jan 13

I would love to try some. It sounds an easy process to do while you're myLotting so I"m glad you enjoy to do both. I bet it is tasty. I would like not so sweet, also. Today was able to do quite a bit while I myLotted through out the day. I feel very productive for once. Mostly I just do other things online in different sites or I will do some laundry or dishes. I had myLot open almost all day so I know my earnings will be much nicer tomorrow!

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@echoforever (5180)

• United States

13 Jan 13

Yes and your fingers won't get worn out from saving!

@mariaperalta (19073)

• Mexico

4 Jan 13

Hi dear.. Id like some, I have an english muffin here. With butter but no jam. Pretty please.... just alittle.....

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

4 Jan 13

I`m afraid I`m a little bit far away from you. We could have share. I love muffins with butter and jam. But I sure would love to visit Mexico again

. When I`m down, I listen to rancheras and start being positive again.

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@mariaperalta (19073)

• Mexico

4 Jan 13

I love the english muffins, especailly when the butter melts. Id welcome you here anytime.....

@echoforever (5180)

• United States

12 Jan 13

english muffins nice and toasty with butter and a little jam for me... mmmhm! I want one too!

@julyteen (13252)

• Davao, Philippines

5 Jan 13

While posting every now and then, I did a cashiering in our shop. Most of the day, my siblings and some crew laughed me because the exchange I give to hand over to the costumers are lacking and sometimes I give more. I need to stop reading or posting if I received the cash to avoid mistakes

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

I guess it`s not a good idea to mylot and handle money at the same time. Cooking is better. I have had potatoes burn while mylotting, but that`s not so terrible. They taste like baked potatoes

@allen0187 (59761)

• Philippines

13 Jan 13

hmmmm... jams... yummy... always like jams with my bread. mango, orange, strawberry, guava... it really doesn't matter as i've always had a sweet tooth. lol! anyway, back to the discussion at hand. when i mylot i usually listen to music online. when there is a good basketball or football game on, i would watch the game online as well. sometimes i mylot while working on my other online programs. i would also be browsing at some of my favorite sites while doing mylot. i like to keep myself occupied with different tasks so that i won't get bored easily so doing all these different things while doing mylot suits me well. cheers and happy mylotting!!!

doing other stuff while mylotting

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

13 Jan 13

Many times I watch TV while I mylot. Other tmes I listen to music too. But I also like to do something "useful" so I don`t feel too guilty for having fun.

@albto_568 (1268)

• Costa Rica

7 Jan 13

I also like to make jams, I have a mango tree, and a small orange tree, but it has not given me fruits yet, I hope this year, or the next one, I will have some from him. Recently, I ate a jam, made with the flowers of the orange tree, an it was delicious, it is an iranian recipe, I look forward for my tree to give flowers to try.

While myloting, I don´t think I do anything special, I don´t like to eat at the comp0uter, 'cos I always make a mess in the desk.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

I have never tried orange flower jam. I bet you would need a big orange tree to make it. We only grow mangos in the north of our country so it`s expensive here. I buy a mango once in a while and make the most delicious smoothie.

I know what you mean by eating while at the computer. When I smoked, my keyboard was a mess of ashes

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@alottodo (3056)

• Australia

7 Jan 13

While you are making jam I'm making tomato sauce!I got so much of them my plants are doing very well come to think of it I may make some tomato jam! do you have a recipe for that? my aunt used to make it but I forgot the recipe.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

I`m afraid I will only have enough tomatoes to eat in salads this year. I wish I had more room, but in my very small plot I have maybe 4 plants and some other plants in containers.

@JenInTN (27514)

• United States

6 Jan 13

Nothing as creative as that..lol. I wish I knew how to make that kind of stuff. I have friend at work that makes apple butter and it is wonderful. Oh..he says he makes pear butter too but he hasn't brought any of that in for us to try. I don't know if I will like that as much as the apple butter but it will be neat to try.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

If you learn easy recipes, you will find that you will start to like making nice things to eat. That`s how I learnt to cook.

@eagletrek2 (5514)

• Kingston, New York

5 Jan 13

Hi I just got a bread machine, and I was suprise to see all the jam reicpeis it has.for me when I get the time I make some jam with blue berriies to see if I can do it.when Im my lotting Im doing 2 thing at once thank to my android so I can check my email while I my lot.OK have a good day.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

In my country blueberries are very expensive. When I get some (usually because someone gives me some, I use them for muffins. I love blueberry muffins.

@samar54 (2454)

• Egypt

5 Jan 13

It is nice to make jam at home, I make jam figs, apricots, strawberries and oranges, carrots, while mylotting , if I have anything I put it on the fire, then sit down to respond to the discussions .

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

That`s about the same thing I do. But I don`t make so many jams now that I live alone. I just make the ones my loved ones like best. I myaelf prefer salty food.

@ZoeJoy (1392)

• United States

4 Jan 13

Don't like to multi-task with something on the stove. I made my jam by canning it. After putting on the lids, I turn the jars upside down and soon, they seal themselves. When I lived near blackberry bushes, and could pick berries for free, I used to make blackberry jam with as little sugar as I could get away with. If I have to pay for fruit, it just isn't worth the cost to make jam. I do other household chores but never leave anything on the stove when on the computer. I burnt a kettle dry and learned that it is better if I am always in the kitchen if I leave something on the stove. Safety is important.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

4 Jan 13

Kettles are not noce

. I burned several until I discovered the one that whisles until you get deaf. THen, later on in life, I discovered the electric one that turns off as soon as the water boils.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

4 Jan 13

nice instead of noce

@wilsongoddard (7291)

• United States

5 Jan 13

Surprisingly, I have never tried making jam. However, it does sound like it would be fun to try, though. These winter days especially seem to lend themselves to trying such an endeavor.

I do different things while I myLot--listen to music, watch television, do laundry, cook. Right now, I'm watching a Frontline episode that I DVRed a while back and am finally getting around to watching.

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Jan 13

I also cook and watch TV while mylotting. But now that my apricots are ripe, it`s either do something with them or let them rot

. I have become more lazy lately and my youngest daughter bought a deep freezer, so this year I`ll make less jams and give away more apricots on the tree. The young people can come and get them