Making plum jam

hypno06

Hello!!

I am reliving my childhood days by having a baking etc day. So far I have done the blackberry vodka thing that was on here a couple of days ago, and the third batch of muffins is currently in the oven.

We picked plums at the weekend and the kids have asked for plum jam to be made. However, I cannot recall making jam since I was about 5!!

I have 2-3 lbs of plums, depending on how many DD pinches!
I have also (for some unknown reason) in my cupboard 750g of silver spoon jam sugar with pectin.

Please could someone tell me whether this would make acceptable plum jam and if so what is the general fruit-sugar-water ratio to go by.

If it is a disaster it won't be the end of the world because I haven't had to buy anything, but I would like to give it a good go!

Thanks in anticipation!

Pink.

Hi hypno,

There's a current thread on making plum jam that should help, so I've merged your thread with it to keep all the replies together.

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frugalpam

Yet more plums today :eek:
I'm scrounging jam jars off friends and neighbours, ready to get started on the jam making - never made jam before in my life, but the recipes here look easy enough.
Did stew some last night and they were delicious with custard. Mustn't eat as many next time though - lets just say they help to keep one 'regular'

Pam

frugalpam wrote: »

I'm just about to go out and pick some more - talk about plum overload
Working my way through this great thread to get some more ideas on ways of using them.
And why is that the biggest juiciest ones are right at the top of the tree, out of my reach !!

Pam

witchwoopiggy

Sorry if this is in the wrong place but so excited just had to tell someone:D got given a carryer bag of wild plums off lady on free cycle and have just made my first jam woohoo:D

Pink.

Congratulations witchwoopiggy!

It feels great to make your own jam doesn't it? :j

I'll add your post to the main thread on making plum jam so others can see how it to make their own too.

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sandraroffey

saw in the sun newspaper today that making your own jam and bread etc and doing old fashioned housewifely things is becoming all the rage!!! especially amongst young people. good news of course but dont they know that we have been doing it all our lives?????

Chris25

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

Sorry if this is in the wrong place but so excited just had to tell someone:D got given a carryer bag of wild plums off lady on free cycle and have just made my first jam woohoo:D

:T:T well done witchwoopiggy.

I haven't made any jam (at all) this year but I'll use my plums for chutney instead

Gigervamp

What a coincidence, hubby and I discovered a wild plum tree today while out driving. It was laden with fruit so we picked a fair few. Think we've got about 3 or 4 lb picking the fruit that we could reach. Top of the tree had masses more!

So I'm now deciding what to do with them. Jam or chutney? Decision, decisions!

Taadaa

sandraroffey wrote: »

saw in the sun newspaper today that making your own jam and bread etc and doing old fashioned housewifely things is becoming all the rage!!! especially amongst young people. good news of course but dont they know that we have been doing it all our lives?????

sandraroffey I am 32 and having just seen this thread, and having got a load of plums today, I am going to give this a go. I guess it probably is fashionable, I have been baking my own bread for a year and recently have been making everything from scratch. And I tell ya I ain't going back to no curry in a jar :rotfl:my skin has never glowed so much!

sandraroffey

and probably saving yourself money as well. very well done. and its not as hard to do as people make out.

maybe they just cant be bothered.xxxx