{"id":1097,"date":"2010-10-22T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2010-10-22T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:04:32","slug":"making-blackberry-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Making Blackberry Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It all started when I thought it would be a good idea to buy a flat of blackberries.\u00a0 They were a deal, and I was able to bargain (!) to get a lower price.\u00a0 So then we were stuck with all.these.blackberries.\u00a0\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 Not to be discouraged, I exclaimed “Let’s make jam!”\u00a0 Tom and I have made jam before, and it’s usually a sticky, messy good time.\u00a0 However, in the past, we have never had the quantities of berries that we were faced with this time.\u00a0 This was going to require two batches of jam making to happen at the same time.\u00a0 Now, this wouldn’t be a problem on a normal 4 burner stove, because you would have one burner for each pot of berry mixture, and one burner for steralizing your equipment and one burner for processing the jars.\u00a0 Here’s the rub:\u00a0 we only have two burners.\u00a0 Oh, and this weird induction plug in thing that kinda acts as the third burner.\u00a0 But no fourth.\u00a0 Hm.<\/p>\n

We started out by cleaning all the berries and crushing them, four cups at a time in one of our larger pots.\u00a0 We added kind of a lot of sugar, but it’s tastier that way.\u00a0 Then\u00a0we boiled the mixture, finally adding pectin at the end.\u00a0 Then\u00a0we poured this liquid magma like stuff into jars that have been steralized,\u00a0added the canning lids, and dropped them into a boiling water bath for processing.\u00a0 The jars came out sealed like magic.\u00a0 At least, this was how the first batch went.\u00a0 Nice and smooth.<\/p>\n

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However, we had\u00a0to start the process all over again\u00a0with the second batch about midway through the first batch.\u00a0 About the time that the boiling mess of blackberrysugar needs pectin and pouring, the other blackberrysugar mess needed to go on the stove.\u00a0 There were not enough burners,\u00a0and\u00a0very few places to put things because once the jars and utensils are sterilized, we try to interact with them as little as possible.\u00a0 It was a three ring circus of blackberry jam.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We did\u00a0get both batches finished and canned though, with only one jar\u00a0that didn’t seal correctly, but that’s not too bad,\u00a0because we’ll just use it!\u00a0 Oh, and for “clean up” we may have wiped the left over jam out of the pot.\u00a0 It might\u00a0have been amazing.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I like how\u00a0cute the jars\u00a0look all lined up.\u00a0 If you’re good, you might\u00a0end up getting of\u00a0of these for Christmas!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It all started when I thought it would be a good idea to buy a flat of blackberries.\u00a0 They were a deal, and I was…<\/p>\n

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