Oddbean new post about login | logout Time to stop talking about peach jam and get it done. I had just enough ripe peaches and a couple of lemons, so no more excuses. I don't own a food processor, so I sliced and diced and squished with a hand potato masher to attain the consistency I needed for a chunky peach jam. I only made three and a half pints and will keep a pint. The house smells like peach heaven. Before cooking and after photos. https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/111/071/486/229/023/304/original/f0af6ee1237763b0.jpg https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/111/071/486/057/815/911/original/a64eb395e923f21c.jpg
When I learned to cook jam as a pretty young kid, there was no buying pectin at the store. Every year, I would have to pick crab apples from the tree in our yard and cook them down to derive pectin. I would need to can the pectin before I could start jam. Opening a little box makes me feel spoiled. I was pretty disappointed when I bought my first commercially made jam. I thought it would be better than mine.
