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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: muntjac on March 26, 2007, 20:51

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: muntjac on March 26, 2007, 20:51

ok cleared the big freezer out and i found a carrier bag with 18 lb bags of brambles and about a stone of viccy plums  and i though rather than make a batch of each id combine the 2( have got bramble and also plum jam in sep pots) anybody tried this combo? any tips for making it  :wink:  :lol:

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: WG. on March 26, 2007, 21:05

Haven't tried it MJ but I'd figure that neither has got a lot of pectin to give a good set.  I'd suggest some lemon juice, Certo or Blue Circle to help set.

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: muntjac on March 26, 2007, 21:07

yups . someone told me to add a teaspoon curry powder to plum jam  apparantly it puts a real zing to the sweetness of the plums  :shock:

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: WG. on March 26, 2007, 21:09

Quote from: "muntjac"

yups . someone told me to add a teaspoon curry powder to plum jam  apparantly it puts a real zing to the sweetness of the plums  :shock:

Should work. I always take black pepper on strawberries, melon or papaya.  Salt and pepper on fresh pineapple.  Ground ginger on melon is good too.

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: muntjac on March 26, 2007, 21:12

:shock: i knew you was a wierdo with all that smoked garlic :lol:

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: WG. on March 26, 2007, 21:14

:wink:

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: noshed on March 26, 2007, 22:09

That is a big freezer.
I'd go with ginger personally - good with rhubarb

Title: bramble n plum jam
Post by: muntjac on March 26, 2007, 22:15

its a big chest freezer 6ft long 3ft wide . big enough for a whole fallow deer lolo, thanks for the ginger tip .....yumyum