Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pear Jam Magic

Is it ridiculous to call it magic when a housewife turns this:
... into this?
It is quite a marvelous transformation. Jam-making is somewhat hard (hot, sticky, steamy) work. When a friend gives you a pile of spotted, beginning-to-rot fruit, and in an hour or so you alter it into clean, bright jars of sweet jem-like preserve ... you feel you've accomplished something beautiful!
I only put a small dent in the fruit. I used ten cups of sugar (!!). Now I have 5 and 1/2 pints of jam. I've never made pear jam before; the fruit was very tangy, but not very pear-tasting, so I hope it's okay.

On the agenda today is plenty of homeschooling, teaching a piano lesson, some crochet work, some laundry, some house cleaning, some doggie training, and hopefully some rest.

7 comments:

Leslie said...

I hope it is as tasty as it is beautiful.

Gumbo Lily said...

I love preserving the season. Your pear jam looks lovely.

melissa said...

My grandmother used to make pear preserves. Still one of my favorite memories. It was sticky goodness. :)

Angela said...

You are quick if you can do it in an hour! Your jam is beautiful and I'm sure it is delicious, too:) I didn't make any jam this year, but if you can get some Pomona's Universal Pectin, it makes delicious jam with lots less sugar. I can get it at the local health food store, but if you don't have that you can try online.

Pom Pom said...

Pears are so tasty and your jam looks delicious! Way to go, MK!

M.K. said...

Thanks, ladies! Thanks, Angela for that tip. I was sitting here chatting with Adam a bit ago and suddenly realized: I doubled the recipe, but I did NOT put in twice the pectin! Argh!! No wonder it seems a tad runny. But the 1/2 jar I put into the frig did thicken up quite a bit, so maybe I'll do that to all of them.

Sarah said...

Wonderful work! I have also heard of Pomona Pectin. I have not found it locally, but I do see it on Amazon.