Friday, 12 June 2020

Strawberries From Another Garden

A week or so ago I asked Brother in Law if he would have any strawberries to spare and he said yes......probably. (He doesn't like to commit himself to anything too much!)
Then on Tuesday night he phoned to say he'd picked nearly 2lb  and would put them in his fridge and if I waited until Wednesday evening there would be a few more.
So Wednesday in the almost non stop drizzle I picked a pound of gooseberries and topped and tailed them, washed lots of jars and in the evening went over and collected just over 2lb pound of delicious plump strawberries.





And early Thursday morning  I cooked up the gooseberries in one pan until they were a mush, the hulled and halved strawberries in the jam pan, added the gooseberries to the strawberries then the sugar and  cooked until setting point and made 7 various sized jars of Strawberry and gooseberry jam. Doing the jam this way means it looks and tastes just like strawberry jam but without the problem of lack of pectin.

Scones with jam for another year is sorted.

Back Tomorrow
Sue




19 comments:

  1. Good morning Sue, I am up very early today I have a wasp nest that has to be got rid of this morning and the man is coming from 8.0am. It's in a cupboard on the back wall.
    How lovely to have a lot of strawberries to make jam with. I think the weather is going to get brighter this weekend.
    Enjoy your day.
    Hazel c uk 🌈🌈🌈

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  2. Ahhhh Gooseberries - F loves them (and rhubarb). I loved sleeping under either (although I have to admit the rhubarb was better for that as she always had straw around the rhubarb). She says they are flavours that mean 'home' to her. She mixes rhubarb into strawberries to make jam to make the strawberry taste go further, but never thought of trying gooseberries. That's a note that will go in the recipe book for our return eventually to temperate climes. We hope you jam set well and you had scones ready for the testing today.

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  3. Lucky you to have any sugar at all for jam making!

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  4. What a clever idea - I will remember that! Strawberries are always a bit dodgy for setting. I love rhubarb and strawberry jam too.
    xx

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  5. Well, you're all set for Wimbledon!

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  6. I'm busy making Tayberry Jam. Too sweet for me, but I must say, it's delicious.

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  7. Oh thats a good tip! I'm looking forward to strawberry and raspberry season.

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  8. Oh yum! I gave my allotment up a few years ago and strawberries are the thing I miss most about it, we used to pick loads each year. I keep saying I'll have to find some space in the garden to plant up a strawberry bed but it hasn't happened yet.

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  9. Your brother in law sounds like Tom, never one to commit to anything, lol
    I can smell those strawberries from here, lol
    Briony
    x

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  10. That's a really good tip, I also add a couple of apples into any fruit that is low in pectin, you can't taste them but they bulk out the jam nicely and add the pectin needed. Our Gooseberries are just about ready so next time I'm in Tesco I might see if there are any strawberries going cheap and follow your lead.

    Although we have two nice strawberry beds the bloody squirrels or mice, we're not sure which, are once again picking all the strawberries while they are still green and heaping them up in little piles. Grrrrr :-(

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  11. Great tip about gooseberries and strawberries. I have some gooseberries in the freezer. Lucky you having a BiL who grows beautiful strawberries.

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  12. Ooh lovely jam, I bet the kitchen smelt delicious :0)

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  13. Those strawberries look perfect and the jam sounds delicious!

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  14. That's a great tip about mixing them - never tried that. I bet you half-inched a few strawbs on the way to the pan!!

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  15. Slurp....delicious. Enjoy!

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  16. Can't wait until strawberries are ready here (probably another two weeks at the farm). I make one batch just strawberries and the next batch half and half with rhubarb from my garden.

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  17. What a wonderful recipe. We used to grow both, and the combination never crossed my mind.

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  18. Those berries are gorgeously plump and red. Ours are just starting to produce so in another week I should be able to pick a few.

    God bless.

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  19. Those look almost too pretty to eat. And jam sounds wonderful!!

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