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Monday, June 6, 2011

Around The Yard and $1.58 Strawberry Jam Experiment

Hey everyone-Happy Bloomin' Tuesday, I'm also joining the Homestead Barn Hop! The lilies are starting to open up, I tucked mini's into the corners of the strawberry garden. The pink ones haven't bloomed yet.

My Stella D'Oro's are pretty now too.

Mulberries are in! 
In years past I've laid old sheets on the ground to gather them as they fall, 
this year I'm just picking some off the branches as they ripen up.

Now for my experiment... 
Martha at The Kitchen Cookie posted about a super simple strawberry jam, it only requires two things, strawberries and dried pineapple. Well, three if you count a good food processor.
I was curious!
Ingredients: 
1 1/2 lbs strawberries
8oz dried pineapple
Note: This pack of pineapple is 6oz-$1.58 at Walmart. So I used my kitchen scale and added 18oz of strawberries. (I only saw sugared pineapple at the stores, so that's what I used)

Directions: 
  1. Process the strawberries a bit.
  2. Please take about 5 minutes with your chef's knife chopping the pineapple up before adding it to the processor, the finer the better. It is important! I showed the pic of how it looks out of the bag, then how I cut it up. This is good and easy, but not worth burning up your food processor!
  3. Process a little bit of pineapple at a time till smooth.
  4. Mine made 3 half pints.
  5. This is a freezer jam.
Thoughts:
  1. This is good, plenty sweet.
  2. I have a KitchenAid FP, just add a little pineapple at a time.
  3. Either keep your hand over the chute or add the cup, strawberry juice will be shooting all over the processor!
  4. This is very tasty, just a little thin, Martha says it should thicken up in the fridge. She suggests adding more pineapple if you think it's too thin. I suggest pouring it over ice cream if it's too thin:@) Probably would be great on pancakes or crepes too!
  5. Actually, I'd hold out a few berries until after the pineapple is processed, then add them if it seemed too thick.
  6. Last thought on the consistency, some of my berries were frozen so maybe they had a little more liquid then all fresh berries.
  7. I'll have enough strawberries to make a batch of regular jam, so I thought this would be fun to try.
  8. Would I make this again? If I had extra berries, yes!
Have a happy day!
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29 comments:

  1. LeslieJune 6, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Your yard looks like mine. WE have a huge mullberry tree in the back yard and every 5 seconds you hear plop! another berry falling into the pool. : )
    I am glad the jam turned out ~ sounds yummy!

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  2. OliveJune 6, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    I could handle this one. Except I would eat all the pineapple! I adore day lilies and must get mine divided this fall.

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  3. AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Well, aren't you just a little Miss Martha Stewart lately. We don't have any berries on our property that I am aware of. Darn.

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  4. SavoringTime in the KitchenJune 6, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    My mother had a big mulberry tree in her back yard but we never bothered with them - just let the birds eat them.

    I'll have to look for that pineapple - your freezer jams sounds delish!

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  5. Pat@Back Porch MusingsJune 6, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    I love the idea of adding the dried pineapple! I've made freezer strawberry jam but never used the pineappl. Will have to give it a try...if I happen to find some decent strawberries!:-) We have wild blackberries. No strawberries of any kind though.;-)

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  6. TiffaneeJune 6, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    You have me intrigued with that jam!! I am going to have to go to the store for the ingredients because it sounds delicious!!

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  7. Sunny Simple LifeJune 6, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Never canned anything but this sounds easy enough for a little freezer jam.

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  8. CharoJune 6, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Looks delicious!

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  9. AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Ooooh!...you have mulberries! and lovely daylilies too. This seems mighty easy, how long do you think that wouold last in my freezer, about as soon as it set, I'd be eating! yummy to my tummy!
    ~JO
    Lazyonloblolly

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  10. LaJune 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    What an unusual recipe. Strawberries and pineapple are my favorite fruit combination. That is what I had for lunch today.

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  11. KathleenJune 6, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Very interesting. Fresh local strawberries are in, 5 dollars a quart! ouch!

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  12. Carol @ There's Always Thyme to CookJune 6, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    Looks nice, I think I would like strawberry-pineapple jam!

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  13. www.thewhitefarmhouse2.blogspot.comJune 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    I swear lady you are going to have me big as a house! This sounds great! Another great Lynne recipe that I am bookmarking for later. I have never made freezer jam before so this will be my virgin jam! I think I picked a great recipe to do it with too! Thanks for posting!

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  14. scrambledhenfruitJune 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I want a mulberry tree! That jam looks easy and yummy- worth a try. :)

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  15. Yvonne @ StoneGableJune 6, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    You are stocking up on jam! This one sounds so interesting. I will have to give it a try!
    Yvonne

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  16. xinexJune 6, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Your lilies are gorgeous, Lynn. Mine are blooming too but they don't have this much blooms. The jam looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing the recipe...Christine

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  17. bjJune 6, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    When I was a little girl, my brother and I would eat mulberries by the truck load off our tree in the front yard. My mom just hated that tree because the berries would fall onto the sidewalk and stain it so bad.
    I love freezer jam with a passion. Nothing else but those two items?
    xo bj

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  18. UnknownJune 6, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    That looks really good and so much easier than doing it the old fashioned way! I'm gonna have to try that. Your lilies are really pretty too. I have some also but didn't know it until my little ones brought them to the kitchen for me to put in water!! All I could think about was my moms face when I was that age and doing the same thing! LOL

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  19. Christina HerreraJune 7, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    I've never heard of freezer jams before! I will have to try:) Sounds super good!
    Thanks for sharing :)

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  20. JeanneJune 7, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    Hi Lynn, my daughter and I love making jam. We do it the old fashioned way. I have access to tons of fruit from my sister's trees and that means lots of jam. this sounds so good. I have never tried freezer jam. This would be a good start. It will have to wait until we get home in July.

    Hugs, Jeanne

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  21. GardenOfDaisiesJune 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    Thank you for the kind words. Your lilies are beautiful.

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  22. JenJune 7, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Flowers are so pretty. The jam looks & sounds yummy.

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  23. no spring chickenJune 7, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    One more reason for me to get a food processor!

    Blessings, Debbie

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  24. debbieJune 7, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    i love the lilies blooming through the strawberries! i think i'll plant some around and in mine. your pictures are so bright, what kinda camera?
    great experiment also! yum
    thanks for visiting my blog earlier!
    debbie

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  25. AnonymousJune 7, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Your Lilies are pretty, and that jam recipe sounds super easy & tasty. :)

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  26. Dandelion and DaisyJune 7, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    Like seeing your Mulberry tree....we don't have those in the Northwest! Interesting! Thanks for your visit today.

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  27. Donna@Conghaile CottageJune 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    Wow, that looks YUMMY! I will be making this for sure! Your pictures are SO Beautiful. LOVE the lilies...AND...Oh Those mulberries look SO GOOD!
    Big Hugs,
    Donna

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  28. Betty @ Little Farm in the Big CityJune 13, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    What an interesting jam idea! I'll have to try that! Thanks for sharing.

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  29. CarolJune 13, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    I will have to try the jam-- it sounds good.

    What will you do with the mulberries? I have a mulberry tree but the berries aren't ripe yet.

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