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[darchildre]

Some of the craft* things I do, I enjoy both the process of making and the object I've made. Like spinning, or knitting, or baking bread. And there are others, where I enjoy the object but find the process tedious or unpleasant.

Today, I have discovered that making jam** is definitely in the latter category. I love having homemade jam - not least because I can make things like melon jam, which I can't buy - but man, making jam sucks.

At least I do have a jar of homemade jam at the end.





*I'm using this word very broadly here, probably. I suppose my definition of craft is "something you do by hand to produce something useful".

**I already knew this about canning in general. Having homemade pickles in the pantry is delightful. Canning those pickles is the worst.

Comments

[schneefink]

Melon jam? Never heard of that, but it does kinda sound intriguing...

[darchildre]

To be honest, I cannot now remember how I came across the recipe but I love melons and I love jam, so I had to try it. It's really good!

[schneefink]

Huh. Would you share the recipe?

[darchildre]

Sure! It's this.

[darchildre]

Several hours later, it occurs to me that it might be helpful to mention that I cut down the recipe by 2/3 (because I hate canning and only wanted a single jar). Using 1/3 of the amounts called for yielded one pint of jam.

[out_there]

Weirdly, I am the opposite. I kind of enjoy spending a day making jam and the big deal of it, but I don't eat a lot of the jam that I actually make.

Preserved apricots I probably enjoy eating more than making, but that's because I really enjoyed eating them.

[khronos_keeper]

A possible cheat: bread machines have the capability of making homemade jam. at least my Oster does, and since it's a bargain variety bread machine, I assume most can also do this.

Never tried it myself, because I'm perennially lacking fresh fruit with which to make jam, but I've always wanted to try.

[darchildre]

That is good to know! I do not have a bread machine but that is another reason to consider one.