"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon.not> wrote in message
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> Dee wrote on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:47:03 -0400:
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> DD> "Dave Smith" <adavidsmith@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> ??>> Dee Dee wrote:
> ??>>>
> ??>>> I find a lot of jams from Bulgaria and Germany at Big
> ??>>> Lots -- I goggle the brand before I buy more. They are
> ??>>> generally very inexpensive and I look for a use by date,
> ??>>> although I usually don't worry with jams. With the
> ??>>> Bulgarian and Germany brands I find there, they list the
> ??>>> fruit first, instead of 3 types of sugar, or 3 types of
> ??>>> sugar after the fruit first.
> ??>>
> ??>> True. I often find good deals on jams at a local German
> ??>> Deli. They usually better and cheaper than our domestic
> ??>> jams. A few years ago they were carrying a really good
> ??>> raspberry jam in a small pail. It was delicious and less
> ??>> than half the price of the domestics.
> ??>>
> ??>>> One thing I'm always on the lookout for is black curant
> ??>>> jam.
> ??>>
> ??>> That is one that is really hard to find. They just don't
> ??>> make good Black Currant jam or jelly here. Even if you
> ??>> want to make it yourself the currants can be hard to find.
> ??>> Good apricot is another one that is hard to find.
>
> Do you know any companies that *do not* use pectin? I may have mentioned
> that my mother never used pectin while making jam and she thought it was
> cheating and allowed using less fruit.
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>

I don't know whether I make jam or preserves correctly, because I've never
canned any. I just make it for use at the time I make it and use it up
within a few days. So I never use pectin.

I wonder if your mother used 'wax' on the top, if she canned the jam. Would
that make a difference - I don't know.
Dee Dee