Strawberry season is upon me again. The prices are even better than they were last year. So I - again - bought three flats. $7 a flat - who could resist - it was $7.50 last year - and my friend just told me today (the day after I bought 3 flats) that she found them for $6.50 a flat. How annoying!
Anyway - picked up my flats yesterday - and today -so far- I've made 16 containers (about 2 cups each) only 1 1/2 flats to go.
The reason I'm recording this information - is so NEXT YEAR when strawberry season is upon me - I can see how much we went through - and how much more I need to make to make it last until NEXT strawberry season - as compared to THIS year.
I need to make more, but I think I'm out of containers.
Maybe I should clean out the fridge.
Maybe I should just freeze the last flat (smoothie supply?) & eat the last 1/2 flat?
I'm strawberried out.
OH - also - to remind me next year - I accidentally followed the freezer JELLY recipe instead of JAM and did 3 cups of juice to 6 cups of sugar - I always remembered it being 2 cups of juice to 4 cups of sugar. So I realized it just at my last few things of pectin.
OH - and also to remind myself - so far I've gone through 5 boxes of pectin.
But that might all be screwed up since my juice/sugar mixes were different than normal. I hope they taste okay, anyway...shouldn't taste different, right? Maybe just different texture? Anyone ever done this before?
3 comments:
Gosh, strawberries here are about $7 for a two pound thing. I bought one the other day and my kids had it all devoured in two days. no jam for me!
finished the last flat - and added another 10 containers (16 oz each) to the freezer. lets see how long they last!!
Got to love strawberry jam. When Mom was here we did 7 batches. I think I will be good for a while! Oh and I have to say that I am probably the lamest because I never sent a thank you for the cutest blanket ever. So thank you. We love it!!!
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