"Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
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> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>> In article >,
>> "Kathi Jones" > wrote:
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>>> Interesting observation today....Ok, well, maybe not, but it was an
>>> eye-opener for me....
>>>
>>> I've been working as a retail field merchandiser for almost 4 weeks now,
>>> and
>>> today I was doing a Food Basics (grocery store). My morning assignment
>>> was
>>> the jam and peanut butter section. Holy cow! There's some really
>>> crappy
>>> jams and jellies and marmalades out there! There were 2 marmalades on
>>> the
>>> shelf - one had thick cut peel and one had slivers of peel in it...and
>>> in
>>> both cases there was hardly ANY peel at all. I never shop in the jam
>>> and
>>> jelly section of the stores because, of course, I make my own. So this
>>> was
>>> new to me. That store bought stuff is pathetic! It's no wonder
>>> everyone
>>> likes the goodies I gift them at Christmas!
>>>
>>> Maybe I need to get out more....
>>>
>>> Kathi
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>>
>> Check the ingredients list on the spreads. You'll find lots of corn
>> syrup instead of sugar.
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> ick!


I found wild blueberry jam on the shelf today sweetened with ONLY
concentrated grape juice and thickened with 'natural fruit pectin'....even I
don't do that,......

Kathi





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>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
>> "What you say about someone else says more
>> about you than it does about the other person."
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