I made jam!!!

My first time!

Wild plum, blackberry and crab apple - all foraged.

I based it on Val's apple & blackberry recipe, but reduced the amount of sugar (personal taste, I've not got a particularly sweet tooth.)

By the way, where do people buy pectin? I went to two supermarkets and they looked at me like I was a loon.

In the end, I bought Jam Sugar, which has pectin in it... my only concern is that with all the pectin in apples and plums, it might set a bit too hard. Guess I'll find out this morning! 

I'm so happy - thanks for de-mystifying the whole thing, Val & John! 

I seem to remember my mum using Certo (?) but, no neither the T-word or Asbo had it in stock. 

I spoke with the Grocery Manager of the former and he said, people just don't want it. I replied that I did and he pretty much walked away...  Mind you.that was after I asked if he thought Asda might have it. 

That said, a fairly successful first attempt it seems. 

I'm going to try ginger curd today.

At the moment it's cheaper to buy the jam sugar than to buy granulated sugar and add bought pectin. You can always make your own pectin stock if you've got crab or cooking apples. Bought liquid pectin is available at Tesco and Sainsbury's in the form of Certo (Tesco do their own equivalent) and sachets or dried pectin (Silverspoon) is available at Morrisons and Asda (plus some Co-ops).