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- From: marcia@netcom.com (Marcia)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Plum Jam
- Date: 9 Nov 1994 11:37:15 -0500
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
- Message-ID: <marciaCyKtBv.Gnt@netcom.com>
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- This is the recipe I use, from the Ball Blue Book.
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- Plum Jam
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- 6 cups of plums pitted and chopped (about 4 pounds)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 package powdered pectin (a package is 1.75 oz.)
- 7 cups sugar
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- Combine plums, water, lemon juice, aand pectin in a large sauce pot. Bring
- to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add sugar; return to a
- rolling boil Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour hot into hot
- jars, leaving 1/4 ince head space. Adjust caps. Process 10 minutes in
- boiling water bath. Yield: about 8 half pints.
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- Brandied Plum Jam: add 1 cup brandy to fruit mixture.
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- Plum Orange Spice Jam: add zest from 1 orange, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp
- nutmeg to fruit mixture.
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