On 12/5/2019 3:02 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:57:08 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> On 12/5/2019 1:55 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> The difference between jam and jelly also strikes me as an American
>>> thing. Not that there's anything wrong with American things, I hasten
>>> to add.
>>>
>> But there is a definite difference in the composition though. At least
>> in US standards.
>
> Yes, there is. It's just a distinction that's hardly made in NL and UK
> (if I remember correctly what Ophelia once said). No doubt
> professionals would make the distinction, but not Joe Homeowner and
> his wife.
>
There _was_ a distinction in the UK, years ago. My mother's old textbook
from the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science (printed in the 1930s)
describes jam as made from whole fruit, and jelly as made from juice.
These days jelly seems to refer to a gelatin dessert (like US Jello).