On Fri 01 May 2009 11:17:33p, Kelly Greene told us...

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> "Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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
>
> We only eat Smucker's brand sugar-free jams and jellies. They're
> delicious and nothing compares to them. I find those made at home by
> friends or relatives to be too sweet, too sugary.

I couldn't disagree more. The texture of most sugar-free jams and jellies
is horrible. There are some good imported and premium small-bath
production commercial products with sugar that are really very good, but
it's hard to beat well-made home produced jams and jellies.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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It's a very odd thing As odd as can be That whatever Miss T. eats
Turns into Miss T. ~Walter de la Mare