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p.penn wrote:Well, encouraged by you Mrs B, I bought some cheap strawberries and so dug mine out today. Despite extending the boiling a couple of times, I now have 4 teeny jars of strawberry goo. GRRRRR

AND I seem to have a couple of scratches on the bottom after this one use }hairout{ how did I do that?

I am never ever ever ever making strawberry jam again.


Bet you do Helen - you hate being beaten {rofwl}

Tell you what I am really not going to buy a jam maker if I get any birthday money {rofwl}
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Annie wrote:
Bet you do Helen - you hate being beaten {rofwl}



Bet I don't {rofwl} Trouble is I love homemade strawberry jam, but I am rubbish at making it {rofwl} This batch is not only runny, but also attractively marbled with scum {rofwl} {rofwl}
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p.penn wrote:Well, encouraged by you Mrs B, I bought some cheap strawberries and so dug mine out today. Despite extending the boiling a couple of times, I now have 4 teeny jars of strawberry goo. GRRRRR
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Sorry Helen.

I will say the toffee maker did clean up well but I managed to spill a bit of toffee on my hand which really hurts {cry} {cry} . Plus I have two jars of toffee that I now have to try and empty ... they are the posh jars that came with the maker or I would just sling them out.


To be honest the jam maker is not what I expected, I thought it was going to be weigh everything throw it in and press a button type job. I shall read all the bumph again and ask my friend to give me a master class asap and if I am still not impressed then I shall return it.

It doesn't help that I am not keen on jam and the smell of the marmalade toffee was horrid.

I shall try again.
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Cooked for too long...you will get the hang of it...I think although..... Helen.... {rofwl}
I've found that if it looks a bit too runny then it's about right with Marmalade because it gets more solid as time goes on...I did it the first time I made Marmalade I cooked it till I thought it looked firm and ended up with Marmalade toffee.


Don't listen to this Helen because it doesn't seem to apply to Strawberry Jam!!! {hug&kiss}

Make rice pudding 20 minutes done and it's yummy (just no skin...which I do like but hey ho it's a quick fix).
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Thanks Manda, I hope I do get better as I feel very demoralised. The house reeks of marmalade.
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Honestly I felt the same...I had the thing shipped from the UK (because they're not available here at all >shrug< ) and exactly the same ..I thought I had made a monumental mistake (I'm being polite here)..but once you get the hang of consistency before you put it in the jar you're away ...I really do love mine now...and did I mention rice pudding )sh
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Any more news on the jam maker Mrs B >shrug<
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davina112 wrote:Any more news on the jam maker Mrs B >shrug<



It is in the cupboard plotting a plan of escape with the food processor, they will probably sneak up on me one night, cut me into pretty slices then cook me until I turn to toffee.

I have some frozen berries that need using so I may try again tomorrow but don't hold your breath
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Oooooh - I am glad I remembered to post - MY JAM SET!!!! (sorry jam maker!)

In fact, I was thinking I could have cooked it less - the test just didn't wrinkle }hairout{

I now like my jam maker again. +f+
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p.penn wrote:Oooooh - I am glad I remembered to post - MY JAM SET!!!! (sorry jam maker!)

In fact, I was thinking I could have cooked it less - the test just didn't wrinkle }hairout{

I now like my jam maker again. +f+


REMIND me Helen was is STRAWBERRY jam by any chance ?
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Mrs B wrote:
davina112 wrote:Any more news on the jam maker Mrs B >shrug<



It is in the cupboard plotting a plan of escape with the food processor, they will probably sneak up on me one night, cut me into pretty slices then cook me until I turn to toffee.

I have some frozen berries that need using so I may try again tomorrow but don't hold your breath

Does it have a friend called juicer?
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Would`nt fancy a jam maker, I have two preserving pans, one for pickles etc and one for jams. Something very thereputic and satisfying about making your own preserves. I am down to my last jar of Damson jam {cry} . Have got some foraged blackberries frozen in freezer, maybe just enough to make a few jars of blackberry and apple to keep me going.
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I have preserving pans as well Mrs Boodles...and somedays I love standing making things others (especially since I shot my knee) it's just purgatory....I will stand to make "Something like Branston pickle" though )grin2( (and my have to soon).

The advantage as I see it (of having both) is I can do small amounts of one thing in the jam maker (does a kilo of fruit) which means I can buy lots of different fruits and do different jams...or if time is really short I can make jam and do other things at the same time.



and it makes really nice rice pudding )sh
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I must try rice pud - was going to when my grandchildren stayed at the weekend, but didn't get round to it. }hairout{
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Is it true that the jam maker can be used for rice pudding, I am sure I heard that somewhere. )run(


Mrs Boodles the idea of the jam maker for me is that I don't use up a day off standing over a pan for hours, I always have other things to do and prefer to be outside in the fresh air when not working.
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