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> On Jul 21, 4:26 pm, Isabella Woodhouse > wrote:
> > Found 4 half pints of 2003 strawberry jam behind a box of empty jars.
> > How sad. When I opened them, they looked just as clear and bright as
> > when I made them. They even smelled good. But into the compost they
> > went. I thought 5 years was too long.
> >
> > Hopefully soon we'll have some plum jam!
> >
> If they looked and smelled good, and were sealed properly, why throw
> them out? that's what cannning and preserving is for.

Fives years seemed too long to me.

Izzy
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