On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:44:54 -0400, Kate Connally wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:18:35 +0200, Giusi wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"ChattyCathy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>news:BaP3k.285> So my question is this: Why do folks from the USA sometimes
>>>call it jam
>>>
>>>>and sometimes jelly? What's the distinction?
>>>>
>>>>Oh, and why is 'apple butter' named that? Nothing 'buttery' about it IMHO
>>>>;-)
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Cheers
>>>>Chatty Cathy
>>>
>>>Jam has the whole fruit in it and jelly is made from the extracted juice.
>>>It usually filters from a sack of cloth so as to leave behind all solids
>>>that could make it less than jewel clear.
>>
>>
>> Ah. I see.
>
> But you missed the whole distinction between jam and
> preserves.

And *you* missed another post I made about this somewhere else in this
thread...
>
> I found a good description of the differences on the web:

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Thank you.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

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