I used to make high sugar jams, but now I do this… (Strawberry Rhubarb Jam with NO refined sugar!)

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  • Turn the flavors of summer into a jam that you can enjoy year-round with this homemade strawberry rhubarb jam. Then, follow this recipe to make a refined sugar-free or low-sugar option!
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  • @gratefulacres4107
    @gratefulacres4107 Рік тому +332

    Pull the rhubarb, don't cut it. I have and grew a 50 yr old rhubarb row, 4ft high... Pulling improves health and production. Bury a fish carcass in the fall near the roots too.

    • @kayecramond3263
      @kayecramond3263 Рік тому +22

      Yes def pull the stalk & twist it at the same time. Didn’t know about the fish head. Mum used to bury liver around passion fruit

    • @chocalatekid8024
      @chocalatekid8024 Рік тому +4

      Oh come on,,these people are our esteemed experts! We hang on their every move!

    • @kasandramartin3145
      @kasandramartin3145 Рік тому +24

      Plant looks pretty healthy! She must be doing something right😂

    • @gowest5145
      @gowest5145 Рік тому +8

      I want to start some rhubard but can never find any in a store.

    • @camicri4263
      @camicri4263 Рік тому +38

      ​@@chocalatekid8024 I am sure that they don't know everything and can still learn! We all learn all our lives, if you stop learning you are dying. As long as people are nice about their comments, it's all good! Have an amazing week!🌷

  • @wuznotbornyesterda
    @wuznotbornyesterda Рік тому +21

    🤪 my mom had strawberry freezer jam in her freezer for 2 decades! When she died and I cleaned out those last couple of jars, I brought them home and over the next 2 years I ate them on English muffins. They were great from 1994.

  • @MamaJLW
    @MamaJLW 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the best parts of your tutorials is the bits of science interspersed with whatever you’re doing. I could never understand why my big batches of jam weren’t setting up properly. Now I know why. Thanks.

  • @stevesparks5253
    @stevesparks5253 Рік тому +46

    Hey, always a great video!! One hint on rhubarb.... pull it out of the crown and don't cut it off. Your plants will be healthier and regrow better when stalks are pulled out.

  • @his-sweetie
    @his-sweetie Рік тому +31

    What a talented daughter you have to have carved such a lovely spoon!😊

  • @debraxochimitl7980
    @debraxochimitl7980 Рік тому +17

    a grapefruit spoon is a wonderful tool for hulling strawberries too!

  • @lamedvav
    @lamedvav 4 місяці тому +4

    Make your own calcium powder. Eggshells are pure calcium. Roast the shells to be able to remove sticky pieces left in the shell. Then grind the roasted shells in your Osterizer and bingo! calcium powder.

  • @LaydeeLia
    @LaydeeLia Рік тому +28

    My mom made an awesome *STEWED RHUBARB* ... she chopped & covered rhubarb with water, added as much sweet (ie. sugar) as desired, then and boiled --> simmered all 'til soft, which is when she'd add a corn starch slurry & stirred 'til thickened. When cooled, you can pour it over cooked oatmeal; or ice cream; sponge cake; or even eaten really cold by the spoonful 😋

    • @HomesteadingFamily
      @HomesteadingFamily  Рік тому +5

      Sounds great!

    • @EddieChadwick
      @EddieChadwick Рік тому

      Hello

    • @janet1646
      @janet1646 Рік тому +2

      It's awesome on a toasted English muffin😊

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 Рік тому

      I chop mine, put it in a casserole, sprinkle with sugar/sweet, cover (lid or foil) and bake at 350F/180C for 30-40 mins. It steams, makes only a little syrup and keeps its shape.

    • @dustyangelzm2440
      @dustyangelzm2440 Рік тому +5

      Instead of water, use orange juice. Gives it a lovely flavour.

  • @homesteadgamer1257
    @homesteadgamer1257 Рік тому +84

    For anyone curious, the reason it's best to make jams out of underripe fruit is because fruit has more pectin when it's not ripe. The more pectin in your fruit, the less store bought pectin you need to add. Pectin is what gives underripe fruit it's tartness. This is the reason lemon juice is often added to jams. It's a great way to preserve excess fruit, or fruit that began growing too late in the season to be ripe by first frost (so you pick the underripe fruit and use that jams and pies). That's also why SO much sugar was added to jams, because all that underripe fruit was too tart to eat. And, the sugar helps preserve it nicely.
    Keep in mind, though, that while using raw honey sounds great, if you cook your jam (opposed to a raw foods diet), the beneficial properties of honey will die in the cooking process. But honey itself is a GREAT preservative, raw or cooked.

    • @finbag1
      @finbag1 Рік тому +4

      pectin doesn't give under ripe fruit any tartness, that is the natural acidity of the fruit not being masked by the sugars that develop as it ripens. Lemon is added for an anti oxidant, helps preserve the colour 👍

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 Рік тому +2

      @@finbag1 The amount of acidity doesn't change the flavor as fruit ripens even if acidity stays the same, so acidity doesn't equal tartness. Pectin DOES have a flavor, but since it's only tart without an aroma, humans like to call that "flavorless". Pectin indeed gives under-ripe fruits their tartness. Not all, but most.

    • @Sarai_Anna_bornagain
      @Sarai_Anna_bornagain Рік тому +1

      Can you use lemon juice from fresh lemons instead of pectin?

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 Рік тому +2

      @@Sarai_Anna_bornagain Fresh lemons are always better! Lemon juice is just easier to get ahold of in the needed quantities over fresh lemons, but if you have fresh ones, totally use those instead! I usually use about 1/4 of a cup of lemon juice, but the exact amount will depend on how much other liquid you have in there already, or to taste. If you intend to use more than 3/4 cup of lemon just per batch (and I'm basing this on an amount of about 8 cups of jam total) you might want to add a little more sugar unless you're going for a lemon jam.

    • @Sarai_Anna_bornagain
      @Sarai_Anna_bornagain Рік тому +1

      @@homesteadgamer1257 so I can use lemon juice from lemons or from a bottle instead of pectin or must pectin still be used?

  • @Arome62
    @Arome62 Рік тому +9

    We've used Pamona Pectin for a few years now. LOVE it!
    Everyone tends to say "it's a bit expensive". Remember, you're NOT using sugar, so you're saving on that side. PLUS it's CALCIUM activated!! Much healthier option! The jams taste like the real fruit too.

    • @wuznotbornyesterda
      @wuznotbornyesterda Рік тому +1

      I don't get what the calcium has to do with it. I live in limestone country, so we already have the calcium carbonate. Maybe that's why I never heard of Pamona's. Maybe it's only sold in the non-limestone areas.

  • @InexperiencedHomesteaders
    @InexperiencedHomesteaders Рік тому +47

    I was SHOCKED when I canned peach jam! 4 cups of fruit and 7 cups of sugar!!! I had NO IDEA Jams were loaded with that much sugar. Yes, I do low sugar now. This was great!

    • @wuznotbornyesterda
      @wuznotbornyesterda Рік тому +1

      That's why I never eat jams and jellies or any dessert anymore. They are 2/3rds sugar!

    • @SeanEidt
      @SeanEidt Рік тому +5

      I just made a dozen hot pepper jams with frozen fruit and peppers I grew. All the recipes called for 4-7 cups of sugar so the pectin would set. I got the low sugar pectin and put in 1 cup of sugar and they set just fine. And to me they still taste plenty sweet. I'm might even use less sugar next time. Fruit is already sweet. And it clearly doesn't need tons of sugar to firm up the pectin.

  • @readingdestination9025
    @readingdestination9025 Рік тому +21

    Strawberry/rhubarb is one of my most favorite food combinations.

  • @roszcutler9724
    @roszcutler9724 Рік тому +44

    You always have such great how to videos Carolyn thank you 😊

  • @ReedFamilyFarm
    @ReedFamilyFarm Рік тому +6

    Someone else may have made this comment already, but I would highly discourage Splenda as an alternative sweetener- I am surprised that Carolyn mentioned it actually... Splenda is chemical sugar (poison), not good for diabetics or anyone trying to reduce sugar and be healthier. Perhaps Stevia from the plant would be a great, more natural sweetener alternative. Everything else looks wonderful about this recipe! Always good things coming from Homesteading Family :)

  • @WhinnyL
    @WhinnyL Рік тому +10

    Pomona"s pectin is a wonderful alternative. They offer a good recipe book as well. Another option would be to freeze your jam fruits for later processing and in the fall when the temps are cooler as the Quince are ripe add that to your recipe. Quince has more natural pectin than apples.

  • @sherihicks1427
    @sherihicks1427 Рік тому +33

    Thank you for demonstrating and explaining Pomona's pectin! I would like my daughter to start using it for her son. BTW: Jam is NEVER in my fridge for 3 weeks! Which is why I don't have it in there very often!😂

  • @mamoe3
    @mamoe3 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for the Pomona’s tutorial. Very clear instructions 😊

  • @debbiewood7718
    @debbiewood7718 Рік тому +8

    I just made raspberry jelly and was sad that I had to use so much sugar. I am thrilled to learn there is a better way. We eat less jam and jelly because it is so sweet. Now we can really enjoy our harvest more.

  • @JanGrowsVeg
    @JanGrowsVeg Рік тому +17

    So nice to see you making videos again. You were missed. I used a chopped apple, skin and flesh, to thicken jams instead of any pectin. It works great.

    • @HomesteadingFamily
      @HomesteadingFamily  Рік тому +1

      Sounds great!

    • @nanniemaeminer6882
      @nanniemaeminer6882 Рік тому

      How much Apple to how much jam please? Thank you in advance

    • @nanniemaeminer6882
      @nanniemaeminer6882 Рік тому +4

      Back in the day when I used to can we would make what we called grapple jelly it was grape apple and my son's favorite.😊

    • @47retta
      @47retta Рік тому +1

      What does rhubarb taste like?

    • @fabiennemitchell2371
      @fabiennemitchell2371 Рік тому

      @@47retta
      It has the look and texture of celery but quickly loses its shape when cooked. It has a strange taste that people either love or hate. It is bitter tasting yet has floral notes and needs lots of sugar although some varieties are 'forced' and are less bitter.

  • @tonyapenelton7178
    @tonyapenelton7178 Рік тому +5

    Caroline-
    I just bought my first packages of Pomonas pectin and will be using it today to make my wild black raspberry/mulberry jam! I am very much looking forward to not having to add 8 cups of sugar! SHEESH! Who needs that!?!
    I found an amazing way to use my extra rhubarb this year that I think you and the kids may enjoy! It’s been a favorite with many of my family and friends all summer long and is even being requested still!! You take as much rhubarb as you want/have to fill as many of your 4 Harvest Right freeze dryer trays as you plan to use. Cut the stalks into 1/2 inch chunks. Put them in a deep pot- cover with your favorite 100% fruit juice. Add sweetener if you choose in the amount to your taste. If any at all. Turn the pot on and warm it up but don’t boil it. You’ll do some sampling of the rhubarb to keep it perfect- let it steep long enough to absorb the flavor and sweetness from the juice - yet still hold its shape. It will be soft but definitely holding its shape. Use a slotted spoon and remove from the juice into a strainer and give it a quick rinse to get the excess juice off (important when freeze drying so it doesn’t crystallize the sugars on the surface). Then stick it in the freeze dryer and run the cycle! Only met 2 that didn’t care for it! Candied rhubarb! The original recipe called for soaking/steeping it in jell-o but I prefer 100% fruit juices. Any flavor of either will work. Hopefully you’ll try it. A good way to use up extra rhubarb- I’m about to go pick mine again and make a batch for some Christmas baskets for those who love it! Enjoy!
    Thank you for all your great videos and teaching me so, so many new things all the time! Hoping I just taught you something new in return.
    God bless

  • @joanies6778
    @joanies6778 Рік тому +14

    Great to know about using Pomona's and honey instead of sugar. However, for that amount of jam, I'd can it in 8 ounce jars and use a smaller stock pot. Or even a smaller capacity but tall stock pot for the half quart jars. It just takes forever for my water to boil in a big canner, between my glasstop stove and elevation. In the beginning I didn't realize I could do that, so I'm sharing.

    • @EddieChadwick
      @EddieChadwick Рік тому

      Hello 👋

    • @pamelas9
      @pamelas9 Рік тому

      You might try a outdoor propane stove for canning instead of the glass top. Just be careful to keep the BTU in range for your canner, but it would likely be much faster.

  • @theherbalist8022
    @theherbalist8022 Рік тому +5

    The calcium water will also freeze well. I just made spiced blueberry jam with honey. I took the jar of calcium water out of the freezer and I allowed it to begin thawing. When it was soft enough to chip with a fork, I chipped out enough for the recipe. I put the jar back in the freezer and allowed the chipped calcium water to thaw completely and measured the amount needed for the recipe. The jam turned out perfectly. At that time the calcium water had been in the freezer for over a year.

  • @cindysidwell9936
    @cindysidwell9936 Рік тому +3

    My mother made an amazing end of season rhubarb punch. Fill a large kettle, roaster, canner, depending on how much rhubarb you have 1/2-3/4 full of coursely diced rhubarb, fill pan full of water, slowly simmer 4 hours or more. Dissolve sweetener to taste, add generous amt. Fresh mint. Strain into gallon jar(s) Chill & enjoy. This is a great way to use older tough rhubarb & it's an amazing pretty light pink punch. My favorite 😍

  • @orange2sweet673
    @orange2sweet673 Рік тому +9

    I just made strawberry jam today. I started using Pomona’s a few years ago. I did a double batch and only used two cups stevia. I like it a little tart. Plus I can give to my friend with diabetes because he can have this. Thanks for showing this. I will have to use some rhubarb next year.

    • @orange2sweet673
      @orange2sweet673 Рік тому

      Thanks I just picked my first rhubarb this year.

    • @cathleencaratan3373
      @cathleencaratan3373 Рік тому

      I love it too. You get more of the fruit flavor and not just sugar.

  • @gowest5145
    @gowest5145 Рік тому +7

    Thanks so much, it is great to know a way to make jam without so much sugar in it.

  • @NaveDelAmor
    @NaveDelAmor Рік тому +8

    I learn so much from the comments! Thank you good peeps of yt!

  • @lionheartfarmandgardening
    @lionheartfarmandgardening Рік тому +9

    ❤❤ Thank you for sharing!! Our weather (Pacific NW zone 6b) has been sudden hot, sudden cold, so our plants are either great or just okay. Our strawberries are doing okay, but not all plants are putting out strawberries at once though they are June bearing. For now I will live vicariously through your amazing recipes!! My guess is here in a week or two they will all ripen at once and we will have a rush to use them. 😂 ❤️❤️ We are working around the odd weather the best we can. Thank you for inspiring everyone! ❤❤

    • @wuznotbornyesterda
      @wuznotbornyesterda Рік тому

      You could just freeze the friit and make the stuff later. I would really love to have a slice of homemade str-rhubarb pie. Haven't had one in 40 years!

  • @rosemacaskie-u8h
    @rosemacaskie-u8h Рік тому +2

    The stones and seeds of fruit are full of pectin. I find it best to cook the fruit till the water is reduced and then add the sugar. If you add the sugar when there is less water in the fruit it will reach jam heat of sweets and jam cooking quickly. I find that with lots of pectin, the jam does not go off though there is not much sugar in it. Pectin works against molds.
    Pectin is only meant to cook for twenty miutes I have heard.
    You can stone the fruit and then put the stones in a piece of muslin so as to cook the stones without getting your jam full of stones.

  • @KovietUnionDefector
    @KovietUnionDefector Рік тому +4

    Sugar just doubled in price because its jam season here in Finland and the greedy supermarket monopolies have upped the price, so this is great.

  • @karenklimkowski5689
    @karenklimkowski5689 Рік тому +3

    You can add saved beet juice for more natural red color.😊

  • @meghauff9824
    @meghauff9824 Рік тому +3

    I found out that a kitchen sissors cuts through Rhurbarb easily.
    If you cut the tops off the Strawberries a little longer , you can throw them in your garden and they grow.

  • @iheartherbs
    @iheartherbs Рік тому +2

    I'm making black raspberry & red raspberry 😋 Next batch is Japanese Knotweed & Strawberry jam next. Full of reservatrol.

  • @OZARKMEL
    @OZARKMEL Рік тому +5

    I love it on home churned vanilla ice cream!

  • @johnrflower3285
    @johnrflower3285 Рік тому +5

    Great job!!! I have my toasted bread ready, just waiting for 2 scoops of jam! FANTASTIC hint when taking jars full of hot water and draining them. Hot water on your hands HURTS!😊

  • @DebbieHofstra
    @DebbieHofstra Рік тому +2

    Rhubarb is excellent in brownies it mimics cherries

  • @stephanyv1901
    @stephanyv1901 Рік тому +2

    Luckily I waited a day to do my Canning! And all ur new videos gets into my news feed! Here in Michigan it's slim pickings for strawberries this year. But I got enough to make this recipe! And I'm not kidding I couldn't find many recipes yesterday using pamonias pectin. Today the name of the game is I win. Hehe. Thanks again for all ur great content!!! I appreciate everything u do for us and ur family!

  • @renak.6370
    @renak.6370 Рік тому +4

    I can't WAIT to try this. I don't eat even homemade jelly due to all the sugar. Seems like this could also be made with Stevia.
    Also, I love that you write on your glass jars with Sharpie. That's so much faster than traditional labels (not as pretty but it gets the job done). Plus the Sharpie comes off very easily with a scrub pad.

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable Рік тому +1

    Pomona's ROCKS. I've been using it for 10 years. Magic stuff.

  • @helengoff9675
    @helengoff9675 Рік тому +2

    Great clear instructions, fabulous video, thank you!

  • @cassieoz1702
    @cassieoz1702 Рік тому +3

    If you let the pan of jam just wait for 5-7 minutes. It'll cool marginally, then stir it and the fruit will redistribute and you dont get fruit float. Even works for citrus margarine

  • @gails8950
    @gails8950 Рік тому +5

    Perfect timing. I was just looking for this type of recipe. Made a strawberry rhubarb crisp and wanting to do a jam as well but definitely way less sugar to none. Thanks

  • @lostnlooking2
    @lostnlooking2 Рік тому +8

    I use juice of 1 lemon 4 cups sugar to 4 cups fruit. It's worked every time.

  • @cornplow2069
    @cornplow2069 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much! I've been wondering for a few years how to make jam and jellies without refined sugar. My family will be thrilled, they love jam

  • @SdW.8
    @SdW.8 Рік тому +2

    I've been looking for a recipe like this. Thank you! Much love from the Midwest US 💖

  • @ksierra4444
    @ksierra4444 Рік тому +7

    My step son and daughter in law brought us rhubarb on Mother's Day. I chopped it and froze it because I've never used it before. I may try this jam! What a great recipe. Adding that pectin to my azure standard list right now!

    • @HomesteadingFamily
      @HomesteadingFamily  Рік тому +2

      Sounds great!

    • @tiggywinkle7522
      @tiggywinkle7522 Рік тому

      Rhubarb contains a lot of water, so when thawing, you may notice that its very wet! I just froze some with 2/3 Cup sugar in a quart size bag if choped rhubarb.
      I read on the NCHFP site that freezing with sugar gives a better end product. When i freeze without sugar it gets frezer burn.

  • @lisascott9670
    @lisascott9670 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for showing how to use this pectin. After growing up using certo for 50 years I was apprehensive about new canning procedures

  • @catherinebeau1236
    @catherinebeau1236 Рік тому +3

    My mom made a rhubarb sauce too which was amazing on toast!

  • @russheimark868
    @russheimark868 Рік тому +1

    Graceful acres I was just going to say the same thing. My grandma taught me that 60 years ago..

  • @delnacarruthers9335
    @delnacarruthers9335 Рік тому +1

    I was so excited to see this title! Thank you....many blessings sweet family!

  • @Happy2Run4Me
    @Happy2Run4Me Рік тому +2

    I’ll be willing to bet I could use Allulose with this. If so that would be amazing! 😱

  • @belieftransformation
    @belieftransformation Рік тому +2

    Wonderful tutorial & great teaching; thanks for sharing! I just bought some Pomona so will try it soon with my rhubarb! Blessings to all🤗💜🇨🇦

  • @patriciaserdahl5577
    @patriciaserdahl5577 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this recipe Cant wait to make jam had a bumper crop of strawberries n rhubarb 😊🍓 👍

  • @jodiekeefe4651
    @jodiekeefe4651 Рік тому +5

    What about adding Stevia? I just bought a plant and have used a fresh leaf in my herbal teas. The sweetness is pretty concentrated.

    • @valeriecaprio2556
      @valeriecaprio2556 Рік тому

      I am hoping to see this info as well. We use stevia and I’d like to see how much of that to use in this recipe

    • @somewhatinformed1208
      @somewhatinformed1208 Рік тому

      The sugar is the preservative the stevia is an ingredient you add as much or as little as you want.

  • @riyamitraministries
    @riyamitraministries Рік тому +2

    What a lovely recipe Carolyn

  • @reneecarlson4365
    @reneecarlson4365 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much! I have been looking for a low sugar alternative for canning my jam and this is perfect! I can't wait to make this recipe!🍓🍓🍓

  • @doloresbertling5725
    @doloresbertling5725 Рік тому +1

    This is a wonderful post

  • @jeas4980
    @jeas4980 Рік тому +1

    My husband is type 1 diabetic and I've recently picked up making jellies, jams and preserves and what inevitably ends up being a few jars of heavy syrup... he really wanted me to try my hand at some "sugar free" recipes and, I've not been real impressed with the 'other' brands. I'm excited to give Pomona's pectin a try.

  • @happygolucky2223
    @happygolucky2223 Рік тому +2

    Carolyn, I noticed you didn't add lemon juice, but the Pomona pectin has that on the instruction sheet. Is lemon juice necessary?

  • @JVsNorthwoodsHomestead
    @JVsNorthwoodsHomestead Рік тому +12

    I've been using Pomona's for a few years now but everytime I attempt to waterbath my jams and jellys they turn into syrups! My Amish neighbors said that they don't can their jams/jellys, so I tried that and it came out perfectly. I have a dandelion jelly video showing last year's waterbathed "syrup" vs. this year's jelly when not canning it, if you're interested!

    • @granmabern5283
      @granmabern5283 Рік тому +8

      Yep. My mom used to put the hot jam into clean hot jars, then pour melted paraffin wax on top. Once the thin layer of wax cools, she did one more layer of wax and swished it around so it sealed well. A metal lid would protect the wax plug. It was fun opening jam jars! 😊

    • @lesliea.m.5392
      @lesliea.m.5392 Рік тому +3

      if you put hot jelly or jam into hot jars and lids it will seal up great, always do this now and no problems

  • @stormj5527
    @stormj5527 Рік тому +2

    Fun video to watch! Excellent explanation too

  • @judyluchies2492
    @judyluchies2492 Рік тому +1

    I’ll have to try this , I make strawberry jam every year 😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @cgarden8111
    @cgarden8111 Рік тому +1

    I agree on so much sugar. I do low sugar using pectin for low sugar and use of honey etc. I have given to friends 1 with full sifar and one much reduced. They hesitated on low sugar but eventually tried it. They all agreed in the low sufar you coukd actually taste the fruit and liked it much better.

  • @smas3256
    @smas3256 Рік тому +1

    I don't need smell o vision. My mouth is watering too.
    Carolyn.
    I love my rhubarb peeled and raw with salt to taste. I'm in my 70's and started canning last fall. Your channel gave me the confidence to venture.
    Looks like you put the rhubarb leaf down under the plant.
    You don't get slugs etc coming up and feeding on your plant?

  • @hackn3y199
    @hackn3y199 Рік тому +2

    i guess the honey has a similar effect as the sugar, and even more fructose. been trying low carb diet and eliminating sugar, but i bet erythritol or similar would work

    • @somewhatinformed1208
      @somewhatinformed1208 Рік тому +2

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      Is there a downside to erythritol?
      Erythritol side effects typically include digestive problems and diarrhea. It may also cause bloating, cramps, and gas. Additionally, erythritol and other sugar alcohols frequently result in more water in the intestines, causing diarrhea. Nausea and headaches may occur as well.Jul 14, 2022

  • @shawnmcpeak6184
    @shawnmcpeak6184 Рік тому +1

    Tomato topper works great also for taking the tops off.

  • @fourdayhomestead2839
    @fourdayhomestead2839 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing😊 It's on my jam list.

  • @Ursaminor31
    @Ursaminor31 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this.

  • @LauraMarcacci-l5e
    @LauraMarcacci-l5e Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe!! 🍓🍯

  • @apriltourdot3064
    @apriltourdot3064 Рік тому

    You do a great job of explaining everything and makes it so simple and easy. Thank you!!!

  • @InTheGardenAgain
    @InTheGardenAgain Рік тому +1

    Thanks so much for the pectin and calcium powder tips! I am saving this video for later!! ❤❤

  • @kgrand62
    @kgrand62 Рік тому +1

    I've been using Pomona's for many years and now that I'm diabetic it's even more important to lower the sugar.

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing 🙏❤🤗

  • @thesmiths629
    @thesmiths629 Рік тому +2

    I understood honey to be something that should never be heated over 120°. Supposedly bees won't use honey that has been superheated due to the changes that it causes... no clue if it's true, but I use coconut sugar, and maple syrup for heated recipes if I'm avoiding cane sugar.

  • @Shofar_On_The_Horizon
    @Shofar_On_The_Horizon Рік тому +1

    I want to be able to use more jam on my bread or in my cottage cheese but the sugar content puts me in check from using as much as I really would like. Finding a way to use less sugar would allow for this and keep the sugar for baking. I feel like I end up burning through my bulk sugar when canning. Thanks for sharing this!

  • @jinx6444
    @jinx6444 Рік тому

    I started using Bernardin’s no sugar necessary pectin and it works fabulously. Instead of 5 cups of sugar, I used 1.5 cups.

  • @southbridgefarm8795
    @southbridgefarm8795 2 місяці тому

    To save some time, you can place your clean jars, on a cookie sheet and put in oven at 225 for 20 minutes. This not only heats them up and ready for hot jams but also sterilizes them. I put them in the oven and leave them at that temperature until I’m ready to put the jams in the jars, so it doesn’t matter if it’s in there for more than 20 minutes.
    Also, i recently found out that with hot jars, and hot jams, i dont need to can them in water bath.
    When you place your hot cooked jam in the jar, which the jar is going to be hot as well, you just put the lid and screw on the rim and leave it on the counter. Then when the food and jar slowly cools down, it creates a vacuum and seals your lids for you, saving so much time and unnecessary water bath canning.
    Thanks for the video.
    Blessings from Canada 👩🏻‍🌾🍁

  • @DebbieHofstra
    @DebbieHofstra Рік тому +1

    What about using simmered then strained apple peelings leftover from making a pie..for pectin?

  • @itsmelaura1533
    @itsmelaura1533 Рік тому +1

    I never understood why vegetables don't need all that sugar and fruit does when canning. Thanks for the video because all that sugar has kept me from ever attempting to make my own.

  • @kathygarner419
    @kathygarner419 Рік тому +5

    Carolyn: Beware artificial sweeteners. The latest information is that Splenda and many products like it contain a genotoxic compound called surcralos-6-acetate which when metabolized can break up your DNA. On a more positive note condensed fruit juice can also be used. Pear juice concentrate is being used in many products as a sugar substitute. I have used frozen condensed white grape juice and frozen condensed apple juice in jams as a sugar substitute for years, just be sure to read the label to be sure it is pure fruit juice. These products are widely available in most supermarkets. The frozen condensed fruit juice alters the jam's flavor very little especially the frozen white grape juice. But these only work if you are using Pomona's pectin. I love that product and have had great success making low sugar and no white refined sugar recipes with Pomona's.

    • @sandrawestley4193
      @sandrawestley4193 Рік тому +2

      The ones that are ok to use are stevia, if you like the taste, or erythritol, which I prefer, or monk fruit, which is very expensive over here in the UK.

    • @patriciaboatman8423
      @patriciaboatman8423 3 місяці тому

      Sorry, but while your talking points on splenda are you aware grapes are on the top 10 dirty list for extreamly high amounts of herbicides/pesticides?

  • @rorriannroch
    @rorriannroch Рік тому +1

    I like to do a quick pulse with my food processor for my strawberries.

  • @susanclair8623
    @susanclair8623 Рік тому +1

    Another great video Carolyn

  • @simongagne3404
    @simongagne3404 Рік тому +1

    Thx! I just did it! It’s so good!

  • @debrabrooks6138
    @debrabrooks6138 Рік тому +3

    Great tips! Thanks for sharing! I have seen recipes where young Japanese Knot weed shoots were added to rhubarb it took has a sour bit like strawberries, Have you ever used them in your jams?

  • @dianaspy6733
    @dianaspy6733 Рік тому +1

    I used to make a lot of strawberry rhubarb, blueberry rhubarb and pineapple rhubarb pies.

  • @amberk2124
    @amberk2124 Рік тому +1

    Thank You for sharing

  • @ShortbusMooner
    @ShortbusMooner Рік тому +1

    Thank you! Can't wait to try thr recipe! 😋

  • @cinbob00
    @cinbob00 3 місяці тому

    I made this today and only got 2 pints ? I checked the recipe to make sure you used pints not 1/2 pints 😮 still turned out good 😊

  • @normalisoy1561
    @normalisoy1561 Рік тому

    Thanks for your great videos. I'm enjoying watching them all. Question: why do you not store canned goods with band on them? Never heard of that before.

  • @DebbieHofstra
    @DebbieHofstra Рік тому +1

    What about using concentrated fruit juice for jam like you do in a no sugar pie recipe?

  • @ymrelang
    @ymrelang Рік тому +2

    My system is even better and much less costly! I just add beef gelatin. Freeze the fruit first; so, when you defrost it, it will release the juice and you won’t need to add any water to the jam; no need to cook for long since fruit is already soft. Add sugar to your taste. Pomona pectin is very expensive. Organic beef gelatin is much more affordable and you can use a lot less and the consistency is the same!!!

    • @veelash3505
      @veelash3505 3 місяці тому

      What's beef gelatin?

    • @ymrelang
      @ymrelang 3 місяці тому +1

      @@veelash3505 gelatin we buy from stores comes from pork and not organic.

  • @tjs653
    @tjs653 Рік тому

    My gran always sealed her jams and jellies aftervtheyvwere done with warm wax. Dunno why, i guess for an extra seal. I was just a little kid, so don't remember why she said she did it, but it was always good for years.

  • @irisalosavalos1945
    @irisalosavalos1945 Рік тому

    Nice relaxing wile learning video loved it 💖💞

  • @MaryKane-qv5vz
    @MaryKane-qv5vz 7 місяців тому

    By pulling the stalks of rhubarb one gets to chop the sticky ends of the stalks which, as far as I know, contains pectin.

  • @TosillKohut
    @TosillKohut Рік тому

    I make strawberry rhubarb “preserves” with honey and chia seeds. It gels beautifully and is a hit with most people I work with.
    I just vacuum seal and put the jars in the deep freezer so I can have some later in the year.

    • @griseldairis9273
      @griseldairis9273 Рік тому

      Hello, how do you put de chia seeds, whole or in powder thank you for your answer. Be save

    • @TosillKohut
      @TosillKohut Рік тому +1

      The recipe calls to put them in whole before blending. I personally like to blend everything together and then mix the chia seeds in whole (I like the texture better).
      It gels both ways.

    • @deniseolczak2519
      @deniseolczak2519 Рік тому

      What amount of seeds to fruit?

  • @Meredith81972
    @Meredith81972 Рік тому +1

    I am SO GLAD I happened upon your channel today!!!! I’ve been wanting to do canning and especially make my own jelly. I’m just curious if this recipe would work without rhubarb (just fruit) and if it will work with apples?
    Can’t wait to watch more of your videos❤

    • @jamiewhitehead7791
      @jamiewhitehead7791 11 місяців тому +1

      I would also be interested in the answer to that and I'm new to canning and jam/jelly making.

  • @michaelbarbarasteinberg4486
    @michaelbarbarasteinberg4486 Рік тому +1

    I have always pulled my rhubarb.

  • @lisapop5219
    @lisapop5219 Рік тому

    That's exactly why I don't can jams. I made jelly for the first time in December but I used fruit juice. We aren't restricted but just don't eat many sweets. We happen to have a tart tooth, me especially

  • @thegoodoldways
    @thegoodoldways Рік тому

    Yummy. Try rhubarb sauce on pork roast or ribs. Delicious. Rich pork and tart sauce.....

  • @rayandkrisable
    @rayandkrisable Рік тому +1

    Calcium is a very reactive metal. That powder is a calcium compound...which one?

  • @444truth
    @444truth Рік тому +2

    I have to use sugar substitute but this recipe helped me. Thanks. Oh...and did you know lemon seeds can be used for thickening jam/jelly?