How do you jam your bread?

[DotCommunist]

If it's jam or marmalade then just that smeared thickly on toast gets the day off to a good start, If it's a sandwich with meat or cheese and a salad then I use butter or margarine depending on what falls to hand when I open the fridge door.

about the same although I do use butter with marmite on either bread or toast, it needs it imo

 

[Orang Utan]

Jam is supposed to be sweet ffs - it'a fruit and a fuckload of sugar

 

[Mrs Miggins]

None of them are particularly tart because it takes a shitload of sugar to make jam, but my favourites are Bon Maman's Apricot Conserve, and Bon Maman Bitter Orange Marmalade. Sainsbury's own, thick cut orange and ginger marmalade, is ace, but they hardly ever have it in stock.

Bon maman bitter orange is good yes,

 

[Sue]

When I was a kid, we were only allowed margarine or jam -- certainly not both. Years after I'd left home, mentioned this to a friend who was horrified and said it sounded like Victorian times or something. (My parents were born during WW2 and grew up with rationing so...)

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Jam is supposed to be sweet ffs - it'a fruit and a fuckload of sugar

I know...I'm not a massive fan. It's too sweet

 

[Baronage-Phase]

I know...I'm not a massive fan. It's too sweet

Throw on a few pickles

 

[keybored]

Slice it a bit too thick for the toaster.

 

[mx wcfc]

I know...I'm not a massive fan. It's too sweet

which is why home made is so much better - we have redcurrent and blackcurrent bushes in the garden. when making jam from it we (ok, mrs mx) use about a third of the amount of sugar the recipes say, and it actually tastes of the fruit, rather than just sugar. It doesn't always set well though.

 

[fishfinger]

Just butter, or butter then Frank Cooper's marmalade.

 

[Wilf]

Only ever have jam/marmalade in hotels. Then it's marge + jam.

And who can tell me I'm wrong?

Leaves space:

 

[Epona]

No marmite option

I am allergic to peanuts and would rather not die so that ruled out some of the options

 

[andysays]

Cheese then beans

 

[kabbes]

Important stuff like this probably deserves its own thread but I'm always amazed at the miserly amounts of jam or marmalade that some people spread on their toast.

A decent bit of toast and jam should have a thick layer of the preserve covering the entire surface. Some people just smear a bit on. Barely an arsewipe. Wtf's the point of that?

The minimum acceptable amount is a heaped desert spoonful. Those individual portions you get in hotels are bollocks. A throwback to rationing. This isn't 1940!

Because for every 2 teaspoons of jam you use, you’re eating an entire teaspoon of refined sugar (actually a bit more than that).

Jam is okay and all but it’s not so good that it’s worth eating all that sugar.

 

[Me76]

I had a dream about jam on toast last night.

I was getting grumpy with the person giving it to me as it wasn't being spread smooth but just has blobs dotted around the toast.

But yes butter first.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

which is why home made is so much better - we have redcurrent and blackcurrent bushes in the garden. when making jam from it we (ok, mrs mx) use about a third of the amount of sugar the recipes say, and it actually tastes of the fruit, rather than just sugar. It doesn't always set well though.

Yeah the jam I made a couple of years ago was fantastic for the same reason. It went mouldy after a while though cos there wasn't enough sugar to stop that happening.

 

[Spymaster]

Because for every 2 teaspoons of jam you use, you’re eating an entire teaspoon of refined sugar (actually a bit more than that).

This is just a reason not to eat it too often or eat less sugar in other things.

 

[kabbes]

This is just a reason not to eat it too often or eat less sugar in other things.

It’s a reason to weigh up how good jam is versus the alternatives. If you can only have 8 teaspoons of sugar a day, using 4+ of them on two slices of toast doesn’t seem like a good deal to me. If you think otherwise, knock yourself out. But your original quote said that you were “amazed” at the amount of jam some people use. Well, I’ve given you the reason why.

 

[hegley]

Tell me of other sour or tart jams!

Bon Maman's Intense range is good (apricot, strawberry or raspberry) made with a bit more fruit than sugar compared to their conserves.

 

[Spymaster]

It’s a reason to weigh up how good jam is versus the alternatives. If you can only have 8 teaspoons of sugar a day, using 4+ of them on two slices of toast doesn’t seem like a good deal to me. If you think otherwise, knock yourself out. But your original quote said that you were “amazed” at the amount of jam some people use. Well, I’ve given you the reason why.

8/day is 56 per week. Just make 4 of those jam at the weekend and lose it elsewhere.
Nobody has jam every day do they? Besides that, I can’t think of a better way to consume sugar. Take it out of your tea/coffee.

 

[Orang Utan]

Nowt wrong with a bit of sugar if you eat hot buttered toast and jam no more frequently than every fortnight or so

 

[kabbes]

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it. I’m saying that given jam is okay but not great, it’s not “amazing” (in the words of Spymaster) that people don’t want to go crazy with it.

 

[Spymaster]

The amazement is more that so many people consume jam incorrectly.

 

[kabbes]

The amazement is more that so many people consume jam incorrectly.

Enjoy your diabetes

 

[Spymaster]

Enjoy your diabetes

Does jam give you diabetes then?

 

[Orang Utan]

Does jam give you diabetes then?

No

 

[kabbes]

Does jam give you diabetes then?

Of course. What do you think we’ve been talking about if not sugar content.

Of course, it can be eaten with an otherwise low-sugar diet, taking care to ensure you understand exactly what volume you are putting on your toast and moderating other intake accordingly. And I’m ensure that’s exactly what you’re doing, because you strike me as a bloke always totally in control of your physical well-being.

 

[Spymaster]

Of course, it can be eaten with an otherwise low-sugar diet, taking care to ensure you understand exactly what volume you are putting on your toast and moderating other intake accordingly. And I’m ensure that’s exactly what you’re doing, because you strike me as a bloke always totally in control of your physical well-being.

Of course. One doesn’t need to be overly fastidious about such things but if you’re following an otherwise healthy diet, exercising well, etc., there’s nothing wrong with an occasional sugar or fat binge. Otherwise I suppose you should probably continue to eat jam incorrectly.

 

[Spymaster]

No

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't think kabbes knows how to enjoy life

 

[kabbes]

I don't think kabbes knows how to enjoy life

I don’t need lessons on that from somebody who thinks that jam is as good as it gets.