Out of jelly/jam

[Mrs Ava]

Daughter number one loves jam, but with no bits, so I make jelly jam just for her.  She has just finished the last jar of 2005 grape jelly so I rummaged around in the bottom of the best freezer and found 4Ib mixed berries and currants, few sloes, handful of damsons and a few cherries.  They are now in the pot slowely cooking down - will drip through the jelly bag over night, and tomorrow she will have jelly on toast as her bedtime 'midnight snack'!

Long live the allotment....and chest freezer!  ;D

[Mrs Ava]

[Debs]

Here!  Here!!

I still have lots of rhubarb, huckleberries & veg which MUST be eaten to make

room for this years feast !

Can't wait to try different types of veggies etc this growing season   ;D

[jennym]

Yes, what IS it about kids and "bits" in jam? My son happily eats the jellies I make, but drives me crazy when he picks bits of strawberry out of the strawberry jam and leaves them on the side of the plate...grrrr....
Winners for him this year were crab apple, blackberry and blackcurrant jelly, and I also did a de-pipped raspberry jam which he liked.

[flowerlady]

I have a son who used to pick out GREEN bits.  Now that was a challenge.  BLITZ it ;D

[Tulipa]

Flowerlady, I had a son the same so I know exactly what you mean!  Wouldn't eat anything green, it was amazing where he found it, parsley was the most annoying!

[flowerlady]

Even now at 22 the only'jam' he likes is Red Currant JELLY - no bits!!! ;D

(actually he's a marmite lad) ;)

[Jitterbug]

My son (15 years old) made his own raspberry jam last year.  Alto I did not grow the raspberries myself I took him to the local farm where we picked them.  The jam ended up boiling all over the gas cooker  :'(- had to practically chisel the cooker head thingy mabobs off  :o- what a nightmare!  But he was chuffed with his jam!!  We strained it through a sieve and it was good.  Hope he does not get the urge this year on my new stove. :'(

He also has a thing about bits - it is actually painful watching him sort out his pizza - but when I cook I always grate the skinned aubergine (which is a super ingredient to use and thickens your sauce at the same time) and greenpappers.  I always say "what the eye don't see the heart cannot worry about". ;D

Only wish he would learn to clean up after these bursts of energy ;D

[flowerlady]

our lad went to Oz for a year, got back to Christmas  ;D  you would be amazed at what goes down these days!!  ;)

p.s.
had to make MORE red currant jelly today -  three cheers for freezers!! ;D