Does Anyone Make Homemade Jam!!??

@db20747 (43427)
Washington, District Of Columbia
July 11, 2019 3:04pm CST
Going to try to make peach preserves or strawberry! A relative of mine made some preserves and it was delectable!! She boiled the fruit i think and added sugar and did another secret step she wont tell us what it is!! Do U make homemade jam??!! Is there a secret step or ingredient??!!
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
11 Jul 19
You don't just take any sugar. In Germany, we buy special sugar for making jam. It has pectin in it which makes the fruit you boil firm. With normal sugar you have fruit soup in the end, but no jam.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Thanks!! Dont want it too syrupy!! And would like chunks of fruit!! Going to look for this sugar!!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
11 Jul 19
Here in the US we buy the pectin separately, and yes, you are right, without pectin she would have flavored syrup. It really is not a secret, though. Interesting to learn that you can get sugar with pectin already included.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
11 Jul 19
@GardenGerty So German jam makers are more advanced in the sugar-plus-pectin field than the Americans! :-)
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
12 Jul 19
Yes I do, you have to add sugar for a pound of fruits half pound of sugar and if the fruits have no pectin, simply add the juice of lemon.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
12 Jul 19
@db20747 You have to cut the fruits in pieces, add the lemon juice, add the sugar, bring to boil and then cook at very low during at least 40 minutes, until it gets thick.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Jul 19
Thanks!! Do i have to boil the fruit?!
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Jul 19
@LadyDuck thank very much!! Im going to try this and will let u know how this turns out!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Jul 19
No, but I would like to try.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Jul 19
@db20747 Good luck!
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Im going to try!! Need to be the right texture with chunks of fruit and no too syrupy!!
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Jul 19
I am watching food show and some of them are making jam with secret ingredients I don’t know, most of them uses sugar and caramel or honey.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Jul 19
@JustBhem thank u!! Good idea!!
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Going to look for this!! Sounds like good ingredients!!
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
12 Jul 19
@db20747 You can check them on Youtube.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
11 Jul 19
The only secret I know is to get somebody that already knows how to make homemade jam or jelly. That is the best way to learn how to make it.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
She's keeping her secret recipe a secret!! I want to know this secret!!
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
13 Jul 19
Me!! I like that my family eat healthy, without all those emulsifiers
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
14 Jul 19
The Less sugar, the better!!
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
14 Jul 19
@db20747 Sugar is the smallest problem how many emulsifiers are not healthy
@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
11 Jul 19
My cousin makes at home and it's just the puree which is boiled. Then we add sugar syrup to it. It's a simple one...
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• United States
12 Jul 19
@db20747 Sure! Thanks..
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Sounds good!! Gonna try this!!
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
11 Jul 19
My brother made strawberry jelly last year. We just recently finished our last jar.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
18 Jul 19
@db20747 we won't be making any more jelly until it gets cooler outside .
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Maybe u could sneak his recipe!!
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
11 Jul 19
wow, I like to try that.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
11 Jul 19
@db20747 yes I have to give it a shot too
@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Gping to give it a shot!!
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
12 Jul 19
Well I want to make gooseberry preserved, I have tried once and maybe will do it again. I wonder what is the secret step.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Jul 19
Wow!! Gooseberry!! That should be good!!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
13 Jul 19
Its really good
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@Bensen32 (27519)
• United States
12 Jul 19
I have not tried but would like to someday. I would really like Strawberry.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Jul 19
Thats the one i want to make!!
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@Bensen32 (27519)
• United States
13 Jul 19
@db20747 I might buy what I need next time I go to the store and try it out.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Jul 19
No but i watched my parents and grandparents make it all the time.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
What was their sectet?! Did they boil the fruit?!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Jul 19
@db20747 Do not remember details. Sorry.
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@jnrdutton (2562)
• United States
11 Jul 19
I haven't made it but I definitely would
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Wish she would tell!! Think some people dont want to give away their secret recipes!!
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@jnrdutton (2562)
• United States
11 Jul 19
@db20747 Well does the relative run a home business (like selling the jam) or is it for household use only?
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@luisga814 (6913)
• Quezon City, Philippines
8 May 22
I love eating strawberry jam, however, I don't know how to do it. Just fun of eating only.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
8 May 22
Wow!! You found this post!! This is one of my old post from three years ago. Always a surprise when I see a response from my old post!! I'm still going to try out making homemade jam. Strawberry is my favorite too!!
@egdcltd (12060)
11 Jul 19
Never made it. Perfectly willing to eat it though! (And have done.) The only step I could possibly think about there is perhaps straining it through a muslin sheet. Although that will give a very thin jam (I think).
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Going to look this up!!
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
14 Jul 19
I wish you could tell us the secret steps so that I could make the kam myself
@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
14 Jul 19
I trying to find out too!!
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
11 Jul 19
I love home made jam.I do not make it.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
11 Jul 19
Hi fredo!! Ill bet your jam would be very good!! Youre a good cook!!
@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
6 Sep 19
Yes I do! There is no great secret, it is basically just cooked fruit and lots of sugar. As @MALUSE says, pectin is what makes it set. Some fruits such as apples, plums, gooseberries and quinces already contain plenty so you don't need any more (unless you want to be able to cut the jam in slices!) but other fruits such as strawberries don't contain as much, so if you want you can buy special 'preserving sugar' or if you can't get any when you need it you can just stew up an apple or a few currents then strain that and add it instead.