Late morning through early afternoon, wonderful strawberry smells arose from the kitchen. We bubbled and brewed 2 batches of the most delicious stove-top jam! My expert canner/jammer friend came to help guide me through the stove-top jam making process. We washed, dried, de-topped, smashed, cooked, jarred, and hot-water bathed while our 5 little boys played (her 2, and my 3). The boys did great – absolutely no catastrophes took place, and they were still playing happily at the end!
First, the directions that came in the pectin package were carefully studied. I found out that every pectin brand has slightly different directions that must be followed to the “t” for jam to turn out well and set right. By the way, isn’t that a cute apron?
Hot water bathing our jarred jam – just look at her cute, pregnant tummy…
Lovely, sparkling jars of strawberry jam. My bread machine made a loaf of honey whole wheat bread so we could properly taste test the strawberry goodness - it was lip-smackin’ good! Oh, how I wanted to just sit with spoon and jar…mmm…
