Bethany worked with me diligently for over 6 hours taking the stems off the 11 gallons of strawberries, stirring hot jam, and cleaning up the mess. She is a good worker with a great attitude!
Rebecca was in the midst of the work for most of the time it took. Here she is stirring three batches of fruit pectin. It had to be stirred constantly, and she did a fantastic job!
Samuel and Josiah were my strawberry loaders and stirrers of freezer jam. They had a wonderful time helping!
In all, we put up 36 quarts: 20 quarts of freezer jam and 16 quarts of cooked jam! Now we are looking forward to blackberry and peach season, too!Here are the "fruits" of our efforts. (Several quarts were already in the refrigerator.)
2 comments:
What a happy, helpful family. That is great to see. I love their cooperative spirit they display. I know the older girls have been cooking for a long time, and it is great to see this young foursome picking up on that, also.
That JAM looks great. Ed said it's a good thing he wasn't there or there would have been a lot less strawberries to can/freeze. He loves strawberries.
We hope to see your family in the near future. I'll talk with you about that soon.
Love, Mom and Ed
Hi Becky -- I just took a look at your blog and was delighted to see the news and pictures of your jam session! It all looks great and it looks like you had a great time making a family project out of it!
I sure hope there is a little bit left when we get to come see you later in the spring. We're working on the calendar prospects now.
Love and blessings to you and yours!
Dad
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