J is for... Jam
My mom has long told me that jam is super easy to make. After reading a whole slew of Pinterest articles suggesting otherwise, however, I'll admit that I was a little dubious. My mom insisted that all jam requires is fruit, sugar, and pectin. Funnily enough, my mom makes jam without pectin.
My mom is one of those amazing people who makes things without recipes. It's amazing but difficult to learn from. You ask them how to make such and such thing and they say "oh, you know, a little bit of this and some of that, enough of that." With jam, my mom said "you know, some sugar and some fruit."
I am not one of these amazing people so I looked up a recipe on Pinterest and found this recipe that uses fruit, sugar, and lemon juice. It has no pectin in it but I feel that the consistency is just fine without it. Here is the recipe:
Now, the recipe says to have 16 oz. of strawberries. I had a carton of overripe strawberries, some of which looked pretty rough so I tossed them out. End result? I had no idea how many ounces of strawberries I was using. Thus, I lessened the sugar amount to 1/2 cup just in case.
So, having never made jam before, I was a little nervous. But, I have to say, it's kind of magical. The strawberries pretty much melt into gooey goodness and your whole kitchen smells like dessert.
Conclusion: I'm never buying jam again. The homemade version takes about twenty minutes to cook, plus some cooling down time. It's fresh, it's much more flavorful, and you know exactly what went into it. #thatsmyjam
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