Just home!!!

[marshd1000]

Putting up my annual Christmas jams. This year's flavors:

Spiced Blueberry Jam
Spiced Cherry Jam
Tropical Rum Preserves
Hot Red Chile Jam
Loquat Jam

The Cherry Jam doesn't seem to want to gel properly, so it may end up being Spiced Cherry Dessert Sauce!

It's good to have another gray bearded, sly jam makin' guy around!  I am not exotic as our resident "Opinionated Walrus" in terms of making jam.  In the woods around me are tons of blackberry bushes.  So I tend to do what is free.  But sometimes I will go to the market and buy some strawberries when in season, and make strawberry jam!

[TheSlyBear]

Frozen fruit is generally cheap and is also perfect for making jam. In fact, sometimes better than fresh (which has had a chance to sit around and get overly ripe, which affects pectin content).

[Mikekoz13]

I was up until 3 AM on Saturday night/ Sunday AM loading songs onto the kids new MP3 players that they're getting for Christmas.

Yesterday the tree went up along with all teh inside decorations.