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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2013, 16:44 »
Yes but do you need 120 jam jars?.  Im doing 10-14 in a batch.
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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2013, 16:59 »
Have you considered e-bay, Bob :

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« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2013, 17:05 »
But Aunti, they just dont look as good as my Bonne Maman jars.








No comparison is there???
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2013, 17:13 »
Quote from: BobE on July 25, 2013, 16:44
Yes but do you need 120 jam jars?.  Im doing 10-14 in a batch.


Do i need 120 silly Bob of course i do when most chutneys take 8 jars and i am doing two batches a day.
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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2013, 17:15 »
Quote from: BobE on July 25, 2013, 17:05
But Aunti, they just dont look as good as my Bonne Maman jars.

 ::)  I eat jam not jars, me dear  :lol:
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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2013, 17:38 »
No-one sees them in the cupboard, so I use recycled jars.
The jams/chutneys/jellies taste just good whatever they are stored in  ;)

It's a different matter if you are selling them or giving them away as presents, though!
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2013, 17:40 »
Quote from: mumofstig on July 25, 2013, 17:38
No-one sees them in the cupboard, so I use recycled jars.
The jams/chutneys/jellies taste just good whatever they are stored in  ;)

It's a different matter if you are selling them or giving them away as presents, though!


Its the stackability of recycyled jars  :lol: hubby threatened to take the door off my cupboard as he said hes sick of seeing it left open so i can just " look" at my lovely jars.
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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2013, 17:46 »
Quote from: mumofstig on July 25, 2013, 17:38
No-one sees them in the cupboard, so I use recycled jars.
The jams/chutneys/jellies taste just good whatever they are stored in  ;)

It's a different matter if you are selling them or giving them away as presents, though!

Me too :)
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« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2013, 19:05 »
1 lb GLASS JAM JARS X 56 COMPLETE WITH GOLD LIDS NEW £17.75[/b]
That is a good price Aunty.  But I only need 24 to finish of this years harvest.
Bob
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Re: Gooseberry Jam.
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2013, 22:14 »
All the chat has been removed from this thread and can be found here now............

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=108208.msg1215863#msg1215863
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