Comments on: My kids were/are here! http://vyxxan.com/665/my-kids-wereare-here/ a little bit of everything! Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vyx http://vyxxan.com/665/my-kids-wereare-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Vyx Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:52:04 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=665#comment-1163 Somehow didn't see this until tonight Wednes! Jams are not hard to make at all. They recommend now that you boiling water bath everything, but as much sugar as jam has, I don't think it needs it. So, all you need is a canning funnel, a good spoon to stir, jars, and a pot to cook fruit and sugar and pectin in. Oh, and something to dip the jam out into the jars with the canning funnel in place. It's not hard, really. You probably have everything but the canning funnel and the jars. Pectin packages have recipes... tell you how much fruit you need, how much sugar and how to cook it all up. I prefer liquid pectin, but powdered also works well. If you have a dishwasher, you wash the jars in that and they are sterilized just fine. (but really, boiling sugar/fruit is SUPER hot, will sterilize anything it comes in contact with. Will also burn you if you splash it.) You can do it... get some fruit at a farmers market and try a small batch of something. A normal batch from a recipe with sugar only makes a few jars worth. hugs, Vyx Somehow didn’t see this until tonight Wednes! Jams are not hard to make at all. They recommend now that you boiling water bath everything, but as much sugar as jam has, I don’t think it needs it. So, all you need is a canning funnel, a good spoon to stir, jars, and a pot to cook fruit and sugar and pectin in. Oh, and something to dip the jam out into the jars with the canning funnel in place. It’s not hard, really. You probably have everything but the canning funnel and the jars.

Pectin packages have recipes… tell you how much fruit you need, how much sugar and how to cook it all up. I prefer liquid pectin, but powdered also works well. If you have a dishwasher, you wash the jars in that and they are sterilized just fine. (but really, boiling sugar/fruit is SUPER hot, will sterilize anything it comes in contact with. Will also burn you if you splash it.)

You can do it… get some fruit at a farmers market and try a small batch of something. A normal batch from a recipe with sugar only makes a few jars worth.

hugs,
Vyx

]]> By: Wednes http://vyxxan.com/665/my-kids-wereare-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Wednes Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:41:21 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=665#comment-1157 That's kinda awesome. I wish I could get set up to make jams and stuff for the holidays. I usually just send cookies and cakes, sometimes I make granola. Your kids are pretty cute! That’s kinda awesome. I wish I could get set up to make jams and stuff for the holidays. I usually just send cookies and cakes, sometimes I make granola. Your kids are pretty cute!

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