My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.

However, I have some cherries...

My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
way to throw these all in together?

Amy

"lavachickie" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
>
> However, I have some cherries...
>
> My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
> low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
> wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
> makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
> just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
> way to throw these all in together?
>
> Amy

Just do it. You may need a bit of lemon juice to balance the all-sweet.

lavachickie > wrote in news:aba0129f-7b4a-434e-872c-
:

> My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
>
> However, I have some cherries...
>
> My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
> low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
> wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
> makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
> just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
> way to throw these all in together?
>
> Amy
>

Have you considered making it into ice cream instead?...No? just a small
test batch? And if it works out perhaps Ice cream would fit te bill.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

On Jul 22, 11:19*am, lavachickie > wrote:
> My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> gone. *haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
>
> However, I have some cherries...> just making a mixed berry AND a
> cherry jam, separately, or is there a way to throw these all in together?
The JamLady, Barb is the one to ask. The combo you ask about is
certainly something that works. I buy and share three entire cases of
Barb's most wonderful Cherry Berry Jam each season. (Thanks for the
reminder to get out another jar as me Marines are once again without
their often morning coffee's jammy-toast.)
...Picks

In article
>,
lavachickie > wrote:

> My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
>
> However, I have some cherries...
>
> My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
> low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
> wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
> makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
> just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
> way to throw these all in together?
>
> Amy

Here's what I would do: Are these sour cherries? I'd use a cup each (8
ounces each) red rasp, blacks, and blues, 1-1/2 cups chopped cherries,
and 2 tbsp lemon juice with a package of powder pectin and about 6 cups
sugar. Use the method for making jam with powder pectin (mix pectin
with fruit, boil; add sugar, boil, jar, seal, process). Two pounds of
fruit and about 6-1/2 cups of sugar will probably get you there. If
it's thin, call it topping and be glad you got the fruit out of the
freezer. '-) A little orange zest at the end would be good, too.

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"rec.food.cooking Preserved Fruit Administrator
'Always in a jam. Never in a stew.'" - Evergene

In article >,
"Giusi" > wrote:

> "lavachickie" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
> > My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> > buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> > gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> > I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
> >
> > However, I have some cherries...
> >
> > My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
> > low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
> > wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
> > makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
> > just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
> > way to throw these all in together?
> >
> > Amy
>
> Just do it. You may need a bit of lemon juice to balance the all-sweet.


She'll need the lemon juice to bump the acidity if she involves the
blues.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller , blahblahblog is back!
"rec.food.cooking Preserved Fruit Administrator
'Always in a jam. Never in a stew.'" - Evergene