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*Farmgirl Swap:  Homemade Jam or Jelly Swap-Partners!  |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 11:57:12 AM
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Sign me up with another sugar free partner, I use agave too, and I do use a little sugar but not much if thats ok with my partner, otherwise will make with no sugar at all. I just picked up a half bushel of peaches, my blackberry-mango preserves has a little sugar in it-but only used enough over the berries to make its own juice. I can in 1/2 pints
Farmgirl Sister 1849
A retired country girl,living in our woods in the ozarks http://kathyinozarks.multiply.com/ |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 2:29:56 PM
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I'd like to sign up for one - I made and sold chokecherry preserves last year and they were a big hit. Can anyone stand some chokecherry jam??
~TJ
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 11:16:35 AM
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I have never had a chokecherry, need to see if they grow wild here in Missouri.
I am making up a sugar free jam with lots of different fruits-plums, blueberries, pineapple, apple, and peaches-(the pineapple was what I had left over from canning up a couple of pineapples into pint jars) the peaches I picked up are ripening now, so will also cut up for a sugar free peach jam. using agave to make the juice.
I like to let the cut up fruit set over night to make its own juice and then tomorrow I will make these up
Farmgirl Sister 1849
A retired country girl,living in our woods in the ozarks http://kathyinozarks.multiply.com/
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Edited by - kathyinozarks on Jul 11 2010 11:51:59 AM |
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Chassen
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Chassen
Columbus
OH
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 2:07:13 PM
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Out of curiosity, has anyone made elderberry jam? I swear my gran made some when I was a kid, but my mom doesn't have the recipe...she also says my brain was over-active as a kid and I made stuff up lol.
City-bound for now! Looking for my little piece of heaven... |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
917 Posts
delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
917 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 4:05:56 PM
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What is chokeberry? I have never even heard of it but, I am sure that it is good.
delicia |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 7:41:14 PM
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I think that chokeberry is similar to chokecherry - both are small, "cherry-like" in shape and structure (with a pit) - very sour!! unless you sweeten it of course... they grow wild all over the Rockies - probably other places too?
Hey, my mom's name is Delecia - spelled slightly different, but great name!! :)
~TJ
~TJ of Green Willow House
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
917 Posts
delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
917 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 3:39:27 PM
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TJ, I bet your Mom is a lovely lady. My dad's name was Delza so they played with it and came up with Delicia. I love that it is different. Thanks for the info on the chokeberry I have never heard of them before but, will look and see if I can find some.
delicia |
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quiltingfarmergirl
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Barbara
Cato
NY
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 4:46:29 PM
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Hi,
What is agave and where do you get it? Is it ok for diabetics? I have only used Splenda in my sugar free jams. Would love to try something new. I haven't signed up for this swap , not sure if I will have the time, but love to read them and learn!
Barb |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
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quiltingfarmergirl
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Barbara
Cato
NY
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 6:40:20 PM
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Thanks Kathy,
Where do you buy it? Is it sold in stores? Never heard of it in this are of the county. Will have to check it out.
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 7:17:30 PM
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Hi Barbara,
Any health food store should carry Agave Nectar. They usually have both amber (in color) and dark. I have even seen Agave nectar at other grocery stores like Wal-Mart and Krogers, usually by the honeys and syrups :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 7:28:18 PM
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yes, Sharon is right-I can buy it at one of our wal marts here, and when I was up in Indiana in amish country-I bought a bottle of blue agave in one of their packaged food stores-just read the lable and make sure it is pure agave and no added corn syrup
Farmgirl Sister 1849
A retired country girl,living in our woods in the ozarks http://kathyinozarks.multiply.com/
http://kathyinozarks.blogspot.com/ |
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Patti Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Patti
Portland
Oregon
USA
177 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 8:13:21 PM
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Count me in girls! I am going all sorts of berry picking tomorrow and so this swap is perfect timing. My mother in law loves blackcaps...she is from West Virginia...and so I will be making some blackcap rasberry jam and several others. Count me in for three!
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2010 : 03:55:41 AM
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Thanks everyone for signing up so far. This swap is starting to shape up...should be a wide variety of jams/jellies to share. Remember the end of July will be the deadline for signing up.
Age only matters if you are wine or cheese.
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farmgirl sister #922 |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2010 : 05:28:42 AM
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Sign me up! I will swap a jar of my "famous" low-sugar recipe strawberry jam.
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
3851 Posts
Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
3851 Posts |
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
3851 Posts
Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
3851 Posts |
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
3851 Posts
Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
3851 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2010 : 5:21:15 PM
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I took ideas from several different sugar free, pectin free recipes. I let the cut up fruit sit in a covered bowl over night in the fridge that I drizzled with agave and lemon juice. I had the feeling to put butter like for apple pie, but I didn't. Then one recipe I found said to do that.lol
I sterilized everything and cooked it on a low boiling that wouldn't stop when stired until the fruit thickened in it's own juice. I didn't add any extra water. It tasted so good, I hope my partner likes it as much as I do. I don't have a sweet tooth and don't eat commercial sugar or any kind of sugar so my taste buds are not polluted.lol That's what I tell all my friends that can eat sugar. It's our little joke since they sympathise with me and my crazy health problems.
When I took the jars out of the water bath the lids popped the minute I sat them on the towel to cool. That made me even more happy!
Farmgirl sister #308
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kathyinozarks
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Kathy
Lebanon
Missouri
USA
263 Posts |
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