{"id":539,"date":"2014-08-19T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:19:27","slug":"raspberry-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"raspberry jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"8<\/a>Every summer, for a day or two, raspberries go on super sale. You can pick up a 6 oz clamshell for 99\u00a2<\/span>, and the berries are sweet, juicy, and very, very ripe. I wait for these days all year long, and I spend every one of them gorging myself on my favorite fruit. This year, that period seemed to last much longer than usual, and I found myself making extra trips to the grocery store so I could cruise through the produce section and pick up more cheap raspberries. In spite of my constant berry consumption, I ended up with towering stacks of 6 oz clamshells in my fridge, and I knew I’d have to use them up soon– before they were lost to a fuzzy blanket of white mold.<\/p>\n

I managed to use a few cups in this<\/a> cake<\/a>, but it only made a small dent in my berry supply. It was time to break out the dutch oven and make some jam.<\/p>\n

\"jam<\/a>It’d been a few years since I’d last made a batch of jam<\/a>, so although I didn’t follow it exactly, I referred to this recipe<\/a> for instruction. The warm sugar trick is one I’ll keep in mind for all future jam-making. I ended up using about 8 cups of berries, 5 cups of sugar, and the juice of one small lemon. After a little while on the stove, the berries broke down completely, and turned into a thick, deeply scarlet syrup.<\/p>\n

\"jam's<\/a>This is easily the best jam I’ve ever made– it was perfectly sweet, intensely fruity, and it gelled up impeccably. I ended up with six full half-pint jars and a little left over. I think I’ll hand a few out to friends and selfishly hoard the rest. Perhaps there’s a batch of linzer cookies<\/a> in my future.<\/p>\n

\"raspberry<\/a>Other things:<\/p>\n

– I got this album<\/a> as an anniversary present from Nick, and it’s been playing non-stop.
\n– This<\/a> is both an effective and highly entertaining way of cleaning records. I rescued a favorite Billie Holiday album that no amount of felt-brushing could completely clean.
\n– I’m excited to see this movie<\/a> this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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