Jams and Jellies

Ingredients

• Fully ripe fruit
• Sugar (quantity depends on fruit)
• Glass jars or cans

Directions

1. Gather fully ripe, fresh, and clean fruit on a sunny morning.

2. Dry and break sugar into small pieces before mixing with fruit.

3. Boil fruit in a clean brass or copper kettle uncovered.

4. Avoid placing the kettle flat on the fire to prevent burning.

5. Use glass jars to observe the condition of the jam.

6. Examine the jam every three weeks for the first two months; reboil if mold or fermentation appears.