Apricot jam
July 29th, 2008
Yesterday my mom asked me to bring her a bag of apricots so she could make freezer jam. For some reason that didn’t sound too appetizing to me. Since freezer jam isn’t cooked, I was picturing weird chunks of peel in it. Apricot peels aren’t bad, but I don’t want peely jam. Then my mom reminded me that my Grandma Hansen has been making apricot freezer jam forever. This brought back memories of visiting my Grandma when I was a kid, and her making me a hot breakfast, whatever I requested (usually either pancakes or french toast). So yummy. There was never syrup, just butter and three kinds of freezer jam - light red (strawberry), dark red (raspberry) and orange (apparently this was apricot). She always used berries from Grandpa’s farm or from Bear Lake to make jam.
So anyway, I took the apricots to my mom, and she explained that you blend the apricots to make them smooth. This makes much more sense. Today I made a batch and it is tasty - not peely at all.
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1. Bangs McCoy » The P&hellip | August 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
[...] We made four. She seems to really like them. Great-Grandma Hansen also requested apricots for her apricot jam. So between family and neighbors, we are getting good mileage out of the apricot tree this [...]
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