Does Anyone Make Homemade Jam!!??
By Danna B.
@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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@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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@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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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
13 Jul 19
Me!! I like that my family eat healthy, without all those emulsifiers
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@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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@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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@jnrdutton (2562)
• United States
11 Jul 19
I haven't made it but I definitely would
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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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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
14 Jul 19
I wish you could tell us the secret steps so that I could make the kam myself
@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.