tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post8165785072556064677..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: Jam outFinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-71444623475617739782008-07-20T08:56:00.000-07:002008-07-20T08:56:00.000-07:00That looks amazing.How about these?http://www.gour...That looks amazing.<BR/>How about these?<BR/>http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/diaryofafoodie/2008/02/apricotpie<BR/><BR/>http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000860pomegranate_jelly.php<BR/><BR/>http://www.outofthefryingpan.com/cranberry-jam/<BR/><BR/>I made jam for xmas gifts a couple of years ago. I was all proud of myself. I found some pectin at Whole Foods that I really liked<BR/>http://www.pomonapectin.com/woof nannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585916446298818033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-31276925574125808092008-07-18T11:26:00.000-07:002008-07-18T11:26:00.000-07:00How about apricot butter, that strange and delicio...How about apricot butter, that strange and delicious Pennsylvania delicacy that ACTUALLY HAS NO BUTTER IN IT.<BR/><BR/>Alls you do is cook the shit out of it in a crock pot until it is think, dark and yummy. Yes it is also a spreadable thing but it is unique and therefore interesting.jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611430258874396437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-48493126789621900382008-07-17T14:42:00.000-07:002008-07-17T14:42:00.000-07:00Mmm. I don't know if I like jam, but that looks d...Mmm. I don't know if I like jam, but that looks delicious. Oh! I thought about you yesterday when I got beets in my CSA box. I promptly gave them to my boyfriend's mom. I don't think I'm cooking them right, or something... I just can't get as excited about them as you do..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628443856304986228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-49902423936412485962008-07-17T11:47:00.000-07:002008-07-17T11:47:00.000-07:00My mother is a jam-maker. Compared to her, your lo...My mother is a jam-maker. Compared to her, your love for it is healthy and balanced. <BR/><BR/>She was so obsessed at one point during my childhood, that when there was exceptionally bad weather where I grew up in Texas, and there were no peaches from any of the local orchards, she used it as a reason to go to Colorado. She left us kids with my grandmother during the first week at a new school, and took the car full of her canning supplies and hiking shoes, reserved a condo with a kitchen, and went away for two weeks when Colorado's peaches were ripe. She came back happy, relaxed, and with enough jam to get her through 'til the next summer. I just remember thinking that she was more concerned with having jam than she was about me starting a new school.CLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664381584362721140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-14464666576279477762008-07-17T10:24:00.000-07:002008-07-17T10:24:00.000-07:00Your posts crack me up. Sounds delicious. Yum! ~DYour posts crack me up. Sounds delicious. Yum! ~DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-18022780018564022472008-07-17T08:50:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:50:00.000-07:00Another parallel between your life in cali and min...Another parallel between your life in cali and mine in montana.<BR/><BR/>I LOVE harvest. So satisfying and tangibly rewarding. I just put out a call on our local free cycle that I am willing to rescue any apricots, plums, peaches, cherries from people's trees in the next month. <BR/><BR/>Made that same recipe last summer. So delicious.dig this chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08418144148141016215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-28969055011306368222008-07-17T08:41:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:41:00.000-07:00OK, first of all, the weird phrase that my sister ...OK, first of all, the weird phrase that my sister used to say is "shit ton" as in 'that's a shit ton of tomatoes' and I hated it so bad that I teased them mercilessly until they stopped using it.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I have never enjoyed the actual harvesting so much (I was doing it from a ladder), but I loved blanching and peeling the peaches when we made peach jam last year. Too bad you and I don't live closer so we could divide up the chores.<BR/><BR/>Also, last year I gave out some really cute little jars of crabapple butter flavored with cardamom and got weird looks from everyone that received them. This year I'm saving it for myself 'cause it's much better than it sounds.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882235346307802213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-61878646140667354022008-07-17T07:22:00.000-07:002008-07-17T07:22:00.000-07:00I think that a lovely jar of jam is not at all a c...I think that a lovely jar of jam is not at all a cheap-ass gift, but then again, I know what goes into it! :) It's those clueless folks who don't pay attention that are unable to get it. So only give your hard (hot) won jam to people who deserve it!<BR/>It looks delicious, by the way. Me, I'm just trying to eat the snap peas as fast as they appear.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146488505524341770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-41885156860526255012008-07-17T06:59:00.000-07:002008-07-17T06:59:00.000-07:00Hey, you can do your own jam of the month club. Gi...Hey, you can do your own jam of the month club. Give out 12 different kinds of jam or jelly or whatever and that takes care of Christmas gifties!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-9015110817793163532008-07-16T20:52:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:52:00.000-07:00When did you move to The Little House on the Prair...When did you move to The Little House on the Prairie? Do you call Bubba "Pa" when nobody can hear you? Are you gonna hitch up the wagon and trade your wares for cloth and sacks of flour? <BR/><BR/>Of course you know I'm being all bitchy because:<BR/>a) I can't cook<BR/>b) If I wasn't a bitch I'd have no personality at all<BR/>c) I'm secretly jealous of your readiness for the apocalypseDeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-26573537157659356102008-07-16T14:44:00.000-07:002008-07-16T14:44:00.000-07:00This morning I sampled the apricot jam that I made...This morning I sampled the apricot jam that I made a few weeks ago and it was so yummy. Do you soak the apricots in ice water after blanching them? I stuck the apricots in boiling water for about a minute and then ice water for 2 minutes and didn't have any problems with hot fruit.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184098055512959374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-30951954648370618142008-07-16T13:36:00.000-07:002008-07-16T13:36:00.000-07:00Oh, man, my mom made apricot jam one year and it w...Oh, man, my mom made apricot jam one year and it was so very delicious. Yours looks beautiful, which is promising, right? Yeah!<BR/><BR/>And let me tell you: When we went blueberry picking last summer, everyone else was kind of strolling along, eating and picking ever so casually. I, however, was not playing. Something about it put the fire in my eye, and I wanted to harvest all I could carry! Not sure why, but I can assure you I'd be the same way no matter what we were picking. Not sure how this is going to help fill out the hurricane supplies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-61340105654284332082008-07-16T13:06:00.000-07:002008-07-16T13:06:00.000-07:00I just had to come back and leave a second comment...I just had to come back and leave a second comment. I just looked at a site trying to find a bargain on canning jars, and would you know... Canning Pantry also sells emergency kits. OMG<BR/><BR/>http://www.canningpantry.com/emergency-supplies.htmlDarbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679606913174361238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-34928403653917705872008-07-16T12:57:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:57:00.000-07:00We won't be the ones starving in a disaster becaus...We won't be the ones starving in a disaster because we planned ahead and made jam. <BR/><BR/>I'm starting to panic because my last batch is almost all given away, and how will we ever have jam in February at this rate? <BR/><BR/>Must can more. I want to do apricot next, too.Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679606913174361238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-8767838346046605662008-07-16T12:50:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:50:00.000-07:00Am jealous of your free apricots. But in a few da...Am jealous of your free apricots. <BR/>But in a few days, we will be absolutely overrun with blackberries, and then you can be jealous of those. And I'll be slaving in my kitchen making jelly, which is way more work than jam. Is there some kind of gene responsible for this insane desire to preserve and hoard?Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.com