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Sun Made Strawberry Preserves
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:42:26 -0400, songbird >
wrote: >Dave Smith wrote: >> On 2018-07-10 8:05 AM, songbird wrote: >>> dsi1 wrote: ... >>>> I used to make the freezer jams back in the late 70's. It held a >>>> strange allure for me. I'd make biscuits or sponge cake to >>>> accompany the jam. Without the jam, I probably wouldn't have had so >>>> much experience making biscuits and cake. >>> >>> nothing cooked captures the flavors/smell of the fresh berries as >>> well IMO. the extra lemon juice i add makes it all very much what i >>> am after in a strawberry jam. sweet along with some tart zing. >> >> I agree. That is why I have little appreciation for berry pies. It seems >> a waste to cook them when they are so much better fresh. I used to make >> quite a bit of (cooked) strawberry jam but only tried the frozen jam a >> few times. I have not made jam in years. > > we don't make baked pies of any kind. i can't even >remember the last one we made. oh, yeah, it was a frozen >pumpkin pie someone gave us. neither of us much likes >pie crusts. > > instead we make fresh pies using a custard or treacle >filling that is cooled off before adding the berries so >they are still fresh and uncooked. it's in a graham >cracker crust or more often for me i don't have any >crust at all i just like the filling with some berries >in it. > > >>> this past winter we made short-cakes using the store bought >>> strawberries that i consider worthless and would never buy as they >>> have so little flavor or scent, but we take those and blend in some >>> of the freezer jam and it's acceptable if you're desperate. >> >> My mother used to freeze strawberries with sugar. Months later she would >> take a bag out of the freezer and let it thaw and there would be a >> lovely sweet strawberry sauce along with the berries and they were great >> on meringue shells with ice cream or whipped cream. > > a few years ago when i had more berries i froze some in >sugar like that and they were good for shortcakes. i >bake my own biscuits/shortcakes. the next year i had >overripe berries that were starting to ferment. that >didn't go as well. > > songbird Could have made wine. |
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