Thanks for regaling us with these intricately woven tales of your jam dilemmas. Our favourite foods, or the imminent lack of it can affect us in such visceral ways.
I could feel a sliver of anxiety creep through even through your wry and mildly humorous recounting, and a thought occurred to me, in case you ever feel panicky again, here's a link to hacking the dilemma altogether. Make your own: https://www.joshuaweissman.com/recipes/best-easy-fruit-jam-recipes.
I've made my own jam on more than one occasion (including pineapple jam) not necessarily because I'm a jam fan like you are, but because I don't like wasting fruit or because I wanted to try a new recipe (pineapple tarts)!
When I made strawberry jam previously, in a bid to not allow the punnet to go to waste, it was surprisingly easy, and adding that extra bit of balsamic took it over the top in terms of flavour and depth.
Thank you Deborah! I have childhood memories of making way too much jam after excessive strawberry picking! I am sure homemade is the right way to go, but I think I must find some odd satisfaction in deciphering regional culture through jam.
I figured as much! The joy of chasing down these foreign, esoteric and exotic jams and creating your own little jam of another sort. ◡̈ Some of the small, special pleasures in life.
Thanks for regaling us with these intricately woven tales of your jam dilemmas. Our favourite foods, or the imminent lack of it can affect us in such visceral ways.
I could feel a sliver of anxiety creep through even through your wry and mildly humorous recounting, and a thought occurred to me, in case you ever feel panicky again, here's a link to hacking the dilemma altogether. Make your own: https://www.joshuaweissman.com/recipes/best-easy-fruit-jam-recipes.
I've made my own jam on more than one occasion (including pineapple jam) not necessarily because I'm a jam fan like you are, but because I don't like wasting fruit or because I wanted to try a new recipe (pineapple tarts)!
When I made strawberry jam previously, in a bid to not allow the punnet to go to waste, it was surprisingly easy, and adding that extra bit of balsamic took it over the top in terms of flavour and depth.
Thank you Deborah! I have childhood memories of making way too much jam after excessive strawberry picking! I am sure homemade is the right way to go, but I think I must find some odd satisfaction in deciphering regional culture through jam.
I figured as much! The joy of chasing down these foreign, esoteric and exotic jams and creating your own little jam of another sort. ◡̈ Some of the small, special pleasures in life.