jam making...
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gaijingirl
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beeboo said:
But if you clean off the labels and make nice new hand made pretty labels I think it would look lovely! I'm sure we could do a jam jar sweep. I know I have quite a few and if we ask for board members to donate empty jars we could end up with quite a selection. Great way to recycle and save money.
madzone said:
pound a jar?! flippin eck you could buy one filled with jam for less.
It's the lids that is the problem - I was planning to make nice new labels but they all say 'Hellemans' or something on the lid!
Last time I was oop north one of the supermarkets was doing a marmalade making competition and selling all the jars etc. Don't get that in London
madzone
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I think you can buy just lids but you can also cut out pieces of pretty paper/fabric and put them over the lids with an elastic band. Tbh I would prefer it if someone gave me jam in a recycled jar and just made it look pretty.beeboo said:pound a jar?! flippin eck you could buy one filled with jam for less.
It's the lids that is the problem - I was planning to make nice new labels but they all say 'Hellemans' or something on the lid!
Last time I was oop north one of the supermarkets was doing a marmalade making competition and selling all the jars etc. Don't get that in London
Jam jar lids
gaijingirl
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But you just buy little cellophane discs, secure them with elastic bands and if you have any pretty left over material, you can cut that into discs too and secure it over the top too... looks lovely!
Alternatively you can seal with wax.
Edited to say.. got there a bit late.. but basically I agree with MAdzone, I'd prefer to get it in a recycled jar myself...
Alternatively you can seal with wax.
Edited to say.. got there a bit late.. but basically I agree with MAdzone, I'd prefer to get it in a recycled jar myself...
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gaijingirl said:Sat 3rd, I was thinking about going to the Dulwich picnic.. but could be up for it on Sun 4th Sept... (also other w/ends in Sept)... don't know what weekends are being discussed....
Jam jam jam jam jam jam jam jam jam jam!!!
if people want to do the scrubbs, then back to my place, and weekend in sept is good. i'll sort my partner to take kids.
anyone up for this, you can pm me for my phone number
if anyone fancies trying it?Well I've made my first ever batch of jam!
My pan wasn't really big enough and speckled half the kitchen in jam droplets when it was boiling.
Then when I'd taken the jam jars out of the oven I forgot they were hot and picked them up with my bare hands - ouch!
Had 750g of blackberries, freshly picked, and made three pots of jam.
I used about 650g of jam sugar which was too much, it tastes too sugary. If I did it again I'd use less sugar and more lemon juice.
But I'm feeling quite proud of my little jars of jam - gonna make some nice labels for them today
My pan wasn't really big enough and speckled half the kitchen in jam droplets when it was boiling.
Then when I'd taken the jam jars out of the oven I forgot they were hot and picked them up with my bare hands - ouch!
Had 750g of blackberries, freshly picked, and made three pots of jam.
I used about 650g of jam sugar which was too much, it tastes too sugary. If I did it again I'd use less sugar and more lemon juice.
But I'm feeling quite proud of my little jars of jam - gonna make some nice labels for them today
madzone
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Well done Beeboobeeboo said:Well I've made my first ever batch of jam!
My pan wasn't really big enough and speckled half the kitchen in jam droplets when it was boiling.
Then when I'd taken the jam jars out of the oven I forgot they were hot and picked them up with my bare hands - ouch!
Had 750g of blackberries, freshly picked, and made three pots of jam.
I used about 650g of jam sugar which was too much, it tastes too sugary. If I did it again I'd use less sugar and more lemon juice.
But I'm feeling quite proud of my little jars of jam - gonna make some nice labels for them today
Prepare to become obsessed.gaijingirl
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Is anyone still up for doing this on Sunday? I spoke to K's Dad last night and he says that the scrubs are positively bursting with blackberries and he will draw us a map of the best places to pick them if we go.
If there aren't too many of us I can even ask if we can use his kitchen to make the jam as he's right next to the scrubs and he has a hooooge kitchen with two hobs and all the equipment 'cos he makes jam himself. There's absolutely no guarantee he'll say yes though.. but he might.
If there aren't too many of us I can even ask if we can use his kitchen to make the jam as he's right next to the scrubs and he has a hooooge kitchen with two hobs and all the equipment 'cos he makes jam himself. There's absolutely no guarantee he'll say yes though.. but he might.
gaijingirl
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Well, I've sent off an email to K's Dad. I think that, if he says yes, as long as we get out reasonably early and leave the place spotless it will be ok.
K's parents are away that day so we shouldn't be in their way, but I think it would be good to be out before they return, just so they don't come back to burnt sugar jamastrophe!! But if he's not up for it, Toggle kindly said we could do it at hers which is not a million miles from Wormwood Scrubs either!
K's parents are away that day so we shouldn't be in their way, but I think it would be good to be out before they return, just so they don't come back to burnt sugar jamastrophe!! But if he's not up for it, Toggle kindly said we could do it at hers which is not a million miles from Wormwood Scrubs either!
gaijingirl
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RRRRRRREsult... K's Dad says it's fine. He's drawn us a map for the blackberries... he says they're not as plentiful as they were before, but there are still loads. He's also said we can use the windfall apples from his apple tree as they're having to throw them away, so we can make blackberry and apple, or use his juicer to make apple juice!!
I want to keep numbers down as they have two Jack Russells and I don't want to take the piss.. but so far there's 3 of us and Toggle I hope will be coming.. so 4 of us - I think 5 people would be cool, but I'd rather not have more - sorry
. I suggest that we start quite early on Sunday morning if that's ok.. as it'd be good if we can finish early-mid afternoon so we can be sure that everything is cleaned up before they return, which may be earlyish.
He says they've packed up their real jam making equipment (as they're hoping to move to Brixton this year), but he finds just using large saucepans (which aren't packed up) works fine.
We will need to collect empty jars.. so I may start a thread and see if between us we can pick up empty jars from other urbanites! Hurrah! I'll PM the four mentioned above with directions to the house... shall we say a 10:30 am start? Or is that too early? (personally I'd be happy to start earlier, but I'll probably stay there overnight on Sat so I won't have a journey Sunday morning).
I want to keep numbers down as they have two Jack Russells and I don't want to take the piss.. but so far there's 3 of us and Toggle I hope will be coming.. so 4 of us - I think 5 people would be cool, but I'd rather not have more - sorry
. I suggest that we start quite early on Sunday morning if that's ok.. as it'd be good if we can finish early-mid afternoon so we can be sure that everything is cleaned up before they return, which may be earlyish.He says they've packed up their real jam making equipment (as they're hoping to move to Brixton this year), but he finds just using large saucepans (which aren't packed up) works fine.
We will need to collect empty jars.. so I may start a thread and see if between us we can pick up empty jars from other urbanites! Hurrah! I'll PM the four mentioned above with directions to the house... shall we say a 10:30 am start? Or is that too early? (personally I'd be happy to start earlier, but I'll probably stay there overnight on Sat so I won't have a journey Sunday morning).
gaijingirl
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Ok.. by popular request let's say 11am!
gaijingirl
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I'll bring some sticky labels.. can someone bring felt tip pens? I'll look for rubber bands too.. off cuts of material would be nice if anyone has any,,,
gaijingirl
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K's Dad did say it would be easier to do jam than jelly. He also said we don't need a preserving pan just a big saucepan.. but then I'm no expert at all!
He also said he has lots of recipes (he's got a little cookery library there) but it might be best to look for some before hand. I suppose blackberry and apple jam would be best?
How hard can it be... Q's Dad says it's dead easy...
He also said he has lots of recipes (he's got a little cookery library there) but it might be best to look for some before hand. I suppose blackberry and apple jam would be best?
How hard can it be... Q's Dad says it's dead easy...
gaijingirl
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Here's one from a site I quite often use recipes from.
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gaijingirl said:K's Dad did say it would be easier to do jam than jelly. He also said we don't need a preserving pan just a big saucepan.. but then I'm no expert at all!
He also said he has lots of recipes (he's got a little cookery library there) but it might be best to look for some before hand. I suppose blackberry and apple jam would be best?
How hard can it be... Q's Dad says it's dead easy...
it's not that hard. you just need patience.
