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djb > wrote:

> I never had much luck with a funnel and jam. I couldn't judge how
> close to the top I was filling the jar because of the funnel and I
> always made a mess when taking the funnel out of the jar. I switched
> to using an 8-cup measuring cup and fill jar after jar. The hard part
> this way is that the jam can splash when pouring it in.
>
> Maybe my funnel technique is off, though. Any advice on using the
> funnel? (I've got a plastic one and an aluminum one.)
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

If this isn't too much fuss for you, Dave: Put the funnel into the jar
and fill the jar (using the funnel) to just about where the product
level touches the bottom of the funnel then deftly move the funnel to
the next empty jar and repeat. Go back and, with a small spoon, add
more product to the jar to your desired level (1/4" from the top of the
rim for jam and jelly).

IMO, practice makes perfect. (I also use a Pyrex 2-quart pitcher for
pouring jam or jelly into the jars. I can pour jelly without a funnel,
but fruit solids in jam are too unpredictable so I use the funnel there.)
HTH.
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