tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21359414.post2005036470713287899..comments2023-12-18T13:31:34.570-06:00Comments on Twice Bloomed Wisteria: JamWisteriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646131135706997373noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21359414.post-5812601004057896042007-04-01T20:55:00.000-05:002007-04-01T20:55:00.000-05:00The older ladies always return the jars. Always. ...The older ladies always return the jars. Always. Sometimes they return them refilled!!<BR/><BR/>Kate, Fig preserves have figs, sugar, and lemon. They need nothing else. I am obsessive about fig preserves. I only use whole, including stem, figs, cook plenty of lemon so that I have a slice against the side of each jar, and cook the syrup so that it is a pale amber color. Most people don't Wisteriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646131135706997373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21359414.post-73774307401203373892007-04-01T07:25:00.000-05:002007-04-01T07:25:00.000-05:00The Weck jars are prettier. I gave all my canning ...The Weck jars <I>are</I> prettier. I gave all my canning supplies to BLP years ago when I gave up trying to can tomatoes in my teeny-tiny galley kitchen across town. Since then, whenever I'm at a loss for an idea for her birthday gift, she gets new jars. (Her biggest gripe on the eve of canning is that people have not returned her jars.) <BR/><BR/>Why <I>don't</I> people return the jars? Do Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21359414.post-32583230781150159622007-03-31T19:54:00.000-05:002007-03-31T19:54:00.000-05:00I'm sitting here with fresh baked bread...and no j...I'm sitting here with fresh baked bread...and no jam.<BR/>That is something I've never made.<BR/>How do you make fig preserves?<BR/>We have a nice sized fig tree, and get tons of figs every year.Garden State Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990374136605207993noreply@blogger.com