J is for Jam

Nothing better than a little jam on some toast or a scone. Jam was also the first thing I learned to can. It is soo easy.

The first jam I made was grape using nothing but grape juice, sugar and pectin. It came out pretty good, but I don't care for grape. It's the only kind that the hubby will eat.

My favorite is strawberry. I make this every year using the strawberries that I picked from the farm up the street. Although, this year I should have enough strawberries from my own patch to make some jam with. If I don't eat them all first. The few I got last year were super yummy.

Last year I made blueberry jam for the first time using some organic blueberries I got on sale. I have three blueberry bushes planted, but they didn't produce anything last year, just grew. I am hoping they grow berries this year.

I gave both the strawberry and blueberry jam away for gifts this past Christmas. They were a hit. I am usually at a loss as to what to get my family for gifts, so we make each other gifts. Jam is perfect.

This coming season I am going to try raspberry jam. I just need to make sure I have a screen on my food mill that is small enough to keep the raspberry seeds out of the jam. I hate seeds in my jam. I also hate chunky jam. It's a texture thing.

Blueberry jam. These are the last of the jars I have left from this past year.

The last of my strawberry jam. I had run out of half pint jars so used these little ones.