Why is it that foreign jams have so much more fruit in. I try to find jams, specifically blackcurrant, with loads of blackcurrants in and most uk jams have nowhere near as much fruit in being mostly jelly. It pisses me off and is just another example of rip off Britain!!

Rant over..

Typical Brit, always someone elses' fault!

Make your own.

My mum's jam is ace!

bugger off then

make yer own!

its them ConDem fruit cutbacks TJ warned you about

Treason. Off to the tower.!

Trust me there is no way I could make jam, much as I'd like to.

I have some jam, made in England (by a Scottish person) and it is well stuffed with fruit so you are plain wrong 🙂

How hard can this be:

900g (2lb) fresh or frozen berries
900g (2lb) white sugar, warmed
(use 110g/4oz less if the fruit is very sweet)

Wash, dry and sterilise the jars in the oven for 15 minutes. Put the berries into a wide, stainless-steel saucepan. Mash them a little and cook for 3–4 minutes over a medium heat until the juice begins to run, then add the warmed sugar and stir over a gentle heat until the sugar is fully dissolved.

Increase the heat, bring to the boil and cook steadily for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently (frozen berries will take 6 minutes).

Test for a set by putting about a teaspoon of jam on a cold plate and leaving it for a few minutes in a cool place. Press the jam with your index finger. If it wrinkles even slightly, it is set. Remove from the heat immediately. Skim and pour into sterilised jam jars. Cover immediately.

Keep the jam in a cool place or put on a shelf in your kitchen so you can feel great every time you look at it! Anyway, it will be so delicious it won't last long!

apart from the jam, there is the lovely mountains and beauty of nature to explore, take yer jam outside!

If I am honest I have never even considered making my own. Maybe I'll look into it. How long does it keep or do you need to freeze the extra?

Maybe I'll look into it. How long does it keep or do you need to freeze the extra?

FFS – change of mind, please leave and help increase the UK's average IQ

Only after I have impregnated your wife/gf… 🙄

That went well 🙄

If I am honest I have never even considered making my own. Maybe I'll look into it. How long does it keep or do you need to freeze the extra?

The original point of jam was to preserve the fruit

'jam' has a legal maximum fruit content, it's about 40g per 100g by weight, iirc…

any more than 40g's per 100g's, and it's no longer 'jam' but a 'fruit conserve' or something.

i might have made all that up.

go look for 'conserve' – i like the stuff that comes in tall thin jars, i forget the name of it, D-something or other.

lol!

These guys are local to me and make awesome jam.
The Sweet Chilli Jam is great on sandwiches with a bit of nice ham.

http://www.jensjams.co.uk/

Loddrik – try J B Preserves in Devon. She's my sister, and they're all ORSM!

Try the chilli marmalade…