The art of Jamming
If he wasn't married, Bacon would've been thought of by some people as gay. Very gay. He cooks,he cleans,he arranges flowers in the house, color-coordinate my clothes....all the happy housewifey stuff that I am too lazy to do due to the fact that I have grown up with maids...and even when I was maid-less, can't be bothered to do all that. Apart from that, Bacon can also do electrical and plumbing around the house, put together shoeracks,mow the lawn...all husbandy things that I *pretend* to not be able to do.
One of Bacon's skills is the granny-like art of jam making. When the wife is not around, he made some cherry jam...and this time around, I've managed to document the art of making jam:
Blackberries on a bush
Picking
ta-da!
picked raspberries
blackcurrants from our garden
Stuff them all in a pan and boil away
Add apples-they have pectin which what gels your jam together
mulch it
When boiled, add sugar. He uses the type with pectin in it as well so it is more jelly-like.The only part of the recepie that needs to be rememebered: The weight of the sugar should equate the weight of the fruit
...and a stupid grin
Cool it for 30mins in the pan
And pour in glass containers!!!!
Ta-da! Now YC needs to design me jam jars labels.
posted by sourrain @ 8/16/2006 04:22:00 PM
7 Comments:
So sweeeeet! Err, pun. Yes. :D
I made some as well, and mine turned out to be super-sour raspberry jam.I felt so aunty stirring the fruits..bleah.
Woh! Hi Mili! Thanks for stopping by. :) And no lah, never stopped blogging, was too busy with leaving work and then going back to school. Kena break for a bit while I got settled down. :(
Saya suka the pics of fruits and the jamming session! Too bad I can't stretch out my fingers through the monitor and pick the fruits like Willy Wonka, haha!
I wonder if I can make the same with non-fresh picked berries aka buy from the supermarket. Surely doesn't taste the same? Chet. This is the disadvantage living in a concrete jungle. Humid one at that.
Kynne: Glad you liked em. NOOOO do NOT use the berries from the supermarket to make jam; because it's really not worth it.Expensive la the jam...
In our lovely tropical countries,berries are very expensive due to the distance travelled..you would need around 500g of fruits to make a jar of jam..
Then again, if you don't mind paying a fortune to end up with one jar,then it's good.If you have the chance to buy overly ripe fruits (which they usually sell for cheaper) then all the better.
what a lucky wife!!!!!!!!!! i want i want!!
Jam or husband?
Jam comes with labels..husband dont even come with instructions..:(
one jam jar label coming up (soon.....)
xx
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