Quick Questions on Jam and marmalade making and Preserving

Seakay

Use as a fruit syrup - topping for ice cream, flavouring for milk shakes, dilute with hot water for drink etc

happy35

could you put sponge mixture on the top and serve as a pudding with custard?

Chloris

I use my under set plum jam on porridge, or drizzled on yogurt at breakfast. You could stick some in a flapjack/ breakfast bar recipe.

Mrs_Domino

With yogurt over pancakes?

Sambucus_Nigra

It's not too late to reset it.

Give it another boil, check it's reached setting point and rejar.

zippychick

ive merged this with our jam making thread as its dropped down the board


this thread may also give some ideas on how to set it

thanks
Zip

clelmt

I have been given some blackcurrents ( just under 1lb) and some gooseberries ( a few handfuls) will thus be enough to make some jam, if so how much sugar will I need to put in.
Will I need to use pectin

Never made blackcurrent jam before any hints will be greatly appreciated

minimooch

I made a whole load of strawberry jam in july, and i just noticed that the "button" in the lid of one of the (recycled jam) jars can be pressed in.

When the jam jar was originally bought filled with jam, it said not to use it if the button could be pressed in. Does the same apply to my homemade, should I have expected it to make a seal again, and since it appears to have not made a seal, is it safe to eat?

many thanks, I hate to throw it out, but hate to get food poisoning too

[Deleted User]

you haven`t had a vacuum seal but the sugar will help preserve the jam. You may as well open in, taste it and then use and store in the fridge

Morganarla

Just out of interest, how do you get the lid on the type of jars mentioned to vacuum seal again when filling with hm stuff?