I had no idea that such a patient, caring person existed in the real world. I was with Cindy for nearly a year and I have a very stubborn, persistent concerns when it comes to food. Take Advantage of the Compassionate, Knowledgeable Support Cindy Provides A regular pectin needs high sugar to set, whereas no- or reduced-sugar pectin uses calcium to help form a gel. It is important to note that if you are going to use no or reduce sugar in a jam or jelly recipe, you need to use no- or reduced-sugar pectin, not regular pectin. It calls for ripe plums, water, sugar, SURE-JELL For Less or No Sugar Needed Recipes Premium Fruit Pectin, and butter (I omitted the butter, as I’ll explain below). This one has half the sugar of their normal recipe and is still really sweet. I knew I wanted to have a low-sugar version, and found a recipe in the Kraft SURE-JELL recipe database to try.
Sadly, my grandmother passed away several years ago so I didn’t have her as a resource for a recipe. The thing I remember the most was that she used to seal her jars of jam with paraffin wax, and it was always my favorite thing to be the one who got to open a new jar of plum jam, pop out the seal with a butter knife, and get to lick the jam off the hardened wax! Crazy how seeing a box of free plums brought that memory flying back! Being that she lived hours away, making jam wasn’t ever anything we did together. Oddly, I never learned how she made it, she just always gifted it to us. Actually, I never had any other plum jam, but I loved her plum jam better than any other jam in the world. I’ve not worked a lot with plums in the past, but my Grandmother used to make the best plum jam. Two weeks ago, as I was returning home from dropping off a donation at the Senior Center Thrift Store, I noticed a sign on the side of the road that read, “FREE Italian Plums.” Well, I turned my car right around and headed back to check it out! The plums were gorgeous, so I grabbed one of my reusable grocery bags and loaded up (yes, I did leave some for others, the photo is proof -that’s what’s left and the box wasn’t even full when I got there)! It really is quite uncanny! Getting things for free is a great zero waste activity, as is giving or donating things yourself. My friend Pam has dubbed me the “Queen of Free.” I don’t know why, but I seem to always happen to run across wonderful free items, either from my local “ Buy Nothing” group, other groups on Facebook, a neighbor, or out in the wild along the side of the ride.
It is important to consult safe canning resources, which are listed at the end of this post. Please note, this post is meant as an overview of canning and dehydrating plums and does not replace or represent itself to be an official guide for proper canning at home.
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