canning

Fig-Strawberry Jam

October 26, 2009

If you’ve been following us since the beginning (or if you’ve checked out the archive), you know that our first recipe ever posted was raspberry jam. We couldn’t believe how easy it was to make, how delicious it was, or how quickly our friends and family gobbled it up; we had to make more jam!

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Hand-Picked Raspberry Jam

July 21, 2009

What better to do on a day off from work than go berry picking? The farm near us had two options: red raspberries or black raspberries. We chose the reds; they were cheaper. Six pounds of berries later we headed home, ready to use our brand new canning equipment. It was surprisingly easy, considering it [...]

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