Making strawberry jam was not on my agenda this morning. But Wheels called from the General Store to say he found a dozen containers of strawberries that had just been moved to the sale shelf because they were going to “expire” tomorrow. Should he bring them home with the plumbing supplies he was purchasing? Well, of course! I went to the cupboard to get my one and only package of pectin and the big pot. He came home with boxes of beautiful red berries, only a few of which were unusable for just over $10. It didn’t take long to wash and stem the strawberries, cutting them into rough quarters. A heavy water glass mashed them down so there were no big chunks, just small bits. These waited in a bowl, while the sugar and pectin were mixed together in the bottom of the Dutch oven, ... [Read More]
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