So I googled recipes. There were all sorts of recipes and lots of friends gave me advice. Usually in the form of some horror story of how they blew up this kind of jelly or that kind of jam all over the ceiling. It makes it kinda scary. I found a simple sounding recipe and decided to give it a try. Here is the link if you want to give it a try. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Raspberry-Rhubarb-Jam
So I gathered all the supplies.
6 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb
4 cups sugar
1 package (6 ounces) raspberry gelatin
1 can (21 ounces) raspberry pie filling
First you combine the sugar and rhubarb to set overnight.
Then you put that into a pan to simmer for thirty minutes or until the rhubarb is tender. I put my rhubarb in the blender so it wouldn't have large chunks and it worked well. I stirred pretty regularly.
Finally I used a canning funnel to pour it into jars. It came out beautifully. Just like I knew what I was doing.
I got rave reviews. It was so easy and tasted better than I hoped. Of course we immediately started dreaming of things we could substitute. I tried peach rhubarb the very next day. It is such a pretty color, and tasted so good my dad said, "It should be illegal." LOL Dad is thrilled I am making jam. I guess I wasn't the only one who missed it.
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3 comments:
NICE JOB- MY MOM USED TO MAKE THIS AND USED THE JELLO-I JUST MADE MY FIRST BATCH OF JAM THIS WEEKEND- STRAWBERRY COGNAC JAM- NO RECIPE FOUND-I AM ALSO NEW TO THIS AND WILL HAVE TO GIVE THIS RECIPE A TRY-GOOD LUCK- COME VISIT ME AT DK DESIGNS-CREATING BEAUTY!
Great tutorial! I am totally bookmarking this. I've been thinking about making jam so this is perfect! I saw that you live in Odessa--I'm in Lubbock! We're blog neighbors :).
Thanks yall. If you do try it please post a link. I would love to see how it turns out for you. :) Today I am gonna try Blueberry Rhubarb. MMMMMMM
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