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    From gloria p@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 12 16:01:20 2018
    Yow!

    I was walking through my usual grocery store a few days ago and,
    glancing down an aisle, saw "SALE" tags on the shelves of canning supplies.

    Ball Pectin was on sale. For $3.49/package. Holy cow! No wonder the
    farmers' markets and other small jam makers are charging $10+ a jar for
    jams. If we have a late freeze this year or if our apricot trees fail
    to bloom because of a dry winter and have t o buy the fruit again, I may
    not make much jam.

    gloria p

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  • From Wayne Boatwright@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 13 00:50:38 2018
    On Mon 12 Mar 2018 03:01:20p, gloria p told us...



    Yow!

    I was walking through my usual grocery store a few days ago and,
    glancing down an aisle, saw "SALE" tags on the shelves of canning
    supplies.

    Ball Pectin was on sale. For $3.49/package. Holy cow! No wonder
    the farmers' markets and other small jam makers are charging $10+
    a jar for jams. If we have a late freeze this year or if our
    apricot trees fail to bloom because of a dry winter and have t o
    buy the fruit again, I may not make much jam.

    gloria p


    I always have to buy the fruit I use for jams and preserves as don't
    have our own source. However, I make small batches of a small
    assortment of fruits. It's not so much a question of money, but
    having fresh homemade products.


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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to gloria p on Mon Mar 12 21:06:54 2018
    gloria p wrote:


    Yow!

    I was walking through my usual grocery store a few days ago and,
    glancing down an aisle, saw "SALE" tags on the shelves of canning supplies.

    Ball Pectin was on sale. For $3.49/package. Holy cow! No wonder the farmers' markets and other small jam makers are charging $10+ a jar for
    jams. If we have a late freeze this year or if our apricot trees fail
    to bloom because of a dry winter and have t o buy the fruit again, I may
    not make much jam.

    considering what it can be made from this is very
    expensive. have you ever tried harvesting your own?

    this past year was not a good year for strawberries
    so i didn't have to buy much. this summer i hope it
    goes better.

    i'm trying to reduce my sugar intake so instead of
    making jam i'm hoping to freeze crushed berries
    instead. the added nice part there is that it doesn't
    take pectin.

    i hope the apricot tree and weather comes through
    for you. :)


    songbird

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  • From Nyssa@21:1/5 to gloria p on Tue Mar 13 09:51:02 2018
    gloria p wrote:



    Yow!

    I was walking through my usual grocery store a few days
    ago and, glancing down an aisle, saw "SALE" tags on the
    shelves of canning supplies.

    Ball Pectin was on sale. For $3.49/package. Holy cow!
    No wonder the farmers' markets and other small jam makers
    are charging $10+ a jar for
    jams. If we have a late freeze this year or if our
    apricot trees fail to bloom because of a dry winter and
    have t o buy the fruit again, I may not make much jam.

    gloria p

    It's just like home sewing now. It used to be a way to
    save money (as well as ending up with a better-made
    product). Now the ingredients/materials to do it yourself
    costs more than the mass-produced junk. (Same thing for
    woodworking and other do-it-yourself activities.)

    So now instead of making it yourself to save money, you
    now have to pay more for the ingredients you need as
    well as providing the labor to make it.

    But, yes, you do end up (usually) with a better product.

    I do all my own baking. I may only break even on the
    cost of the final products, but they sure do taste a
    lot better than the preservative-filled, bulk frozen
    junk they offer in the stores.

    Another advantage, as songbird points out, is being
    able to control things like sugar and salt in the
    make-it-yourself items.

    I haven't made jam for decades, but my homegrown
    blueberries find their way into muffins, cakes, and
    other baked items whenever the critters leave enough
    out there for me.

    Nyssa, who has seedlings popping up under her plant
    light, so will be trying once again to outwit the
    critters in her garden this year

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