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From: randyd@orca.UUCP (Randy Dietrich)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Strawberry jam
Message-ID: <917@orca.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 12:30:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: orca.917
Posted: Fri Jun 29 12:30:20 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Jul-84 02:34:32 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Since we, in Oregon, are in the middle of the Strawberry season,
I thought this may be of some interest.  Real Oregon strawberries
are the best of course.
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Strawberry Jam  - low sugar - freezer type
Yeild - 1.5 to 2 pints

Equipment:

	3 quart sauce pan
	jelly bag
	small bowl (to catch the juice)
	2 pints of freezer cartons

Ingredients:

	6  Cups fresh strawberries (cleaned & sliced)
	3/4 Cup sugar
	1 box pectin (1.5 or 2 oz)

Proceedure:

	Heat strawberries in the saucepan over low heat until
	the juice starts to flow.  Raise heat and bring to a 
	boil while stirring.  Boil for 5 minutes stirring
	continously (so it won't burn or stick).  Remove 
	from the heat.

	Put the cooked berries in the jelly bag and let it
	drip (into the bowl) for 5 minutes.  Save the juice
	for other uses (see below).

	Return the pulp to the saucepan and stir in the 
	sugar and pectin.  Bring the mixture to a boil
	stirring continously.  Boil 1 min. and remove
	from the heat.

	Put the jam into freezer cartons (If you wait 
	too long it will get too thick to handle).
	Allow to cool and freeze.
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Variations:
	substitute 2 cups of rhubarb for 2 cups of berries.
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What to do with the juice:

Strawberry syrup:

	Juice from one batch of strawberry jam 
		(about a pint)

	1/2 Cup white corn syrup (karo)
	2  Cups sugar

Mix the juice, sugar and syrup and bring to a rolling boil
(in a saucepan on the stove or in the microwave). 
Remove from heat and allow it to cool.
Yeild: aprox 2 cups

More sugar can be used if you like thicker syrup.
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Randy Dietrich
Engineering Computing Systems
Tektronix Inc.
Wilsonville, Oregon, USA

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