Just incase you'd not heard, here in the UK, it's week is National Jam Week. Other countries have National Health Week or Red Cross Awareness Week... the Brits have Jam Week.
Unfortunately, I hate jam. I was an extremely fussy eater as a kid and although I have since tried cow heart, guinea pig and mushrooms, there are still some things that I simply cannot abide. Mushrooms, tomatoes and jam are top of the list. The fact I liked jam as a toddler is neither here nor there.
However, George is a jam fiend so on hearing that this is the week to celebrate the jiggly, slimey goo, I decided to try my hand at actually making some.
I moved back home from Nottingham this week (sob) and so once again live down the road from a Pick Your Own field. Disliking all berries but strawberries (and I only tried these for the first time last year) I have never been to said PYO. Having moved back home last weekend, the eve of Jam Week of all things, this seemed the perfect time to pop my PYO cherry (as it were).
Alas, the Great British Summer had other ideas and it has completely pissed it down all week. So I bought my fruit from Budgens instead. My cherry will have to wait until another day.
I have it on good authority - my mum (who doesn't actually particuarly like strawberry jam) and her boyfriend (who loves strawberry jam) - that my jam tastes pretty good. George will get his jar tomorrow, but I'm hoping he'll approve as well.
It was surprisingly easy and really quick I'm pleased to say and begs the question why any jam lovers don't make their own all the time! But personally, I still don't like jam.
I had planned to make blueberry jam today as well... but after wrecking my mum's pan today (turns out it wasn't a non-stick saucepan... oops) I feel I'll wait until tomorrow once we can actually scrape the stuff off the bottom of it!
Click here for how to make your own jam.
Unfortunately, I hate jam. I was an extremely fussy eater as a kid and although I have since tried cow heart, guinea pig and mushrooms, there are still some things that I simply cannot abide. Mushrooms, tomatoes and jam are top of the list. The fact I liked jam as a toddler is neither here nor there.
However, George is a jam fiend so on hearing that this is the week to celebrate the jiggly, slimey goo, I decided to try my hand at actually making some.
I moved back home from Nottingham this week (sob) and so once again live down the road from a Pick Your Own field. Disliking all berries but strawberries (and I only tried these for the first time last year) I have never been to said PYO. Having moved back home last weekend, the eve of Jam Week of all things, this seemed the perfect time to pop my PYO cherry (as it were).
Alas, the Great British Summer had other ideas and it has completely pissed it down all week. So I bought my fruit from Budgens instead. My cherry will have to wait until another day.
I have it on good authority - my mum (who doesn't actually particuarly like strawberry jam) and her boyfriend (who loves strawberry jam) - that my jam tastes pretty good. George will get his jar tomorrow, but I'm hoping he'll approve as well.
It was surprisingly easy and really quick I'm pleased to say and begs the question why any jam lovers don't make their own all the time! But personally, I still don't like jam.
I had planned to make blueberry jam today as well... but after wrecking my mum's pan today (turns out it wasn't a non-stick saucepan... oops) I feel I'll wait until tomorrow once we can actually scrape the stuff off the bottom of it!
Click here for how to make your own jam.
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