damsons 90p per pound? for jam

sazzy6

Seen a local sign near me selling damsons. Is this a good price?

zippychick

Sazzy have you checked out mysupermarket.co.uk? You can compare prices. Myself or Pink will pop this over to the Shopping and groceries board once you get some more input

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thanks
Zip

sexymouse

They were about the same price near me, but I know somewhere where they grow, so I can pick my own for free, so didn't buy them. They don't sell them in the supermarkets - only in the form of jam that has already been made.

Seakay

Trouble is, you see them for sale so rarely (outside of pick your own farms) that it's hard to say what is a good price.
A pound of damsons will make 1.5-2lbs of jam (with the addition of an equal amount of sugar)
It really depends how much you want them?

meanmarie

Would love to get some damsons at any price to make some jam....haven't seen them for sale for years!

At Seakays pricing you would be getting a pound of jam for 75p...not the cheapest but you will have wonderful jam.

Marie

Gintotmelinda

hi all!

Sazzy6-that's about what I paid for mine today-in fact I paid a bit more. I don't see them for sale very often so I bought some and have made jam this afternoon.

OH is drooling.....and I have some clotted cream. Ok now for the scones!

Gintot

taplady

if any of you live near me(Worcestershire) we have a tree full of damsons you could have as long as you can pick them! I'm not keen and hate to see them wasted!please PM me if interested!

wssla00

I paid that for some and some greengages too. Made absolutely amazing jam

sazzy6

Thanks all,

I think I will pop round tomorrow and buy a few pounds. I've never made jam from a stoned fruit so looking forward to it. Made rhubarb and ginger jam last week - it was loooovely.

Butterfly_Brain

I get mine free too - there are 8 trees full of them near to us

Justamum

sexymouse wrote: »

They don't sell them in the supermarkets - only in the form of jam that has already been made.

I've never seen damson jam on sale. I'll be looking out for these in my supermarket (I know they've had them for the last couple of years) so I can make some jam. I've got a load of blackcurrants and blackberries in my freezer ready for jam making too! Just need to get the sugar - which I can't fit into my budget at the moment