A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity Our Favorite Recipes July Jam..

2 cups pitted cherries
2 cups gooseberries
2 cups red currants
2 cups raspberries
5 cups sugar

Crush fruit, boil 15 minutes. Add sugar and boil 25-30 minutes more,, bottle up. Easy as pie and no pectin to add.

ooooh, that sounds good. but we don't get gooseberries or currants here. could i use whatever berries are available here?

Can't see why not Jiffy, it's called July jam because that's what's ripe around here in July.

I planted my own currant and gooseberry bushes.

i don't know if they would grow here. we have a VERY long growing season, and it gets so hot and dry... and then hot and soooooooo wet. and horrible humidity. but, i'm trying a lot of different things...

I have to watch what I plant because my zone is so cold, sometimes I forget that a high zone can have the same problems also.

Our growing season is extremely short. We get frost til the third week in June and Frost again the second week of September.

It lasts a long long while when it's sealed up. My grandmother used this recipe, long before the days of pectin. The long boiling creates pectin from it's own juices I guess. It gets quite thick.