Canning Strawberry Jam Grandma's Secret Ingredient from the Great Depression Era
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- My grandmother was born in 1914 and never used store-bought pectin to can her jams, this recipe is based on her natural homegrown "secret" old-fashioned ingredient to get your jam to set or gel. You can snag a printable version of this recipe here melissaknorris...
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Who else feels more connected to our ancestors when doing old-fashioned things? Are you putting up jam this year? Did you snag the recipes!!
This so interesting! I've been using crabapples for pectin. I tried to make crabapple jelly a few years back and it was thicker than jello at room temperature. I am going to try dehydrating them this year and see if crabapple powder works. I use the larger, more oval looking crabapples.
Hey! Thanks for leading the way sis! Keeping the old ways and thriving! :)
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I've always wanted to make my own jam and other canned items. You make it seem so easy and fun. And I love how you put the old day twist on everything! Thanks for another great video Melissa! Will be trying this recipe on my next day off 😁
Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading My MawMaw (grandmother) was from eastern Texas and she made Mayhaw (a type of Hawthorn tree) jelly and Blackberry jam. Every time I make either, it takes me back to eating breakfast with her and her homemade buttermilk biscuits (which I also make) with jam. I don’t know anyone outside of my family that makes or eats Mayhaw jelly. It was always a treasure that we would savor and eat slowly, trying to keep that last jar as long as possible. My sister sent me the recipe a few years back and I immediately ordered and planted a tree. Last year, I harvested enough berries for five small jelly jars. I will definitely be making more this year.
@@brandireyna1873 any particular hawthorn tree? Hawthorn berries are beautiful heart medicine btw.
My Mom came from a family of 14 children. There were 5 of us kids and she canned so much. I don't know how she had the energy for all the canning she did. She made jelly with apples for pectin also. We lived on an acre of land and we had either a cow or two pigs every other year. We never had a lot but we didn't go hungry. Bless her heart.
My grandmother in Germany used to seal hers in wax, I'm 62, and I was very, very young, so I don't remember exactly what she did, but the jam was sooo good. I hate the fact I was too young to realize the importance of what she could have taught me, but such is life. Thank you for sharing your videos, I have truely enjoyed them.
My German mom did the same.
My Slovak grandmother did the same! I had forgotten about pulling off the wax from a fresh jar and chewing on it as a child until I read your comment. 😊
Your jam is beautiful, all the women in my family can also. I enjoyed this very much, I find it exciting that women are coming back to the art of preserving food and home making. And I was always taught that these things done well IS AN ART, AND YOU MY DEAR ARE AND ARTIST.
May God bless you and yours
I made my first ever batch of Strawberry Jam using this recipe after my daughter and I picked fresh berries at a local U-Pick farm and - oh my goodness - it turned out perfectly! So delicious, my husband and I have already gone through 2 jars. We love it so much that I ordered to pick up 2 times as many berries from the farm to make lots more. Thank you, Melissa! Feeling so accomplished learning these canning skills.
My mom still made jam without store pectin BUT she made mostly Apricot jam (our staple jam in South Africa) and it has its own natural pectin in it. I can still smell it when I think of it, her jams were fantastic!! Always just halved and pitted them.
I have never used pectin either. I make strawberry and blackberry every year with no pectin. I found an awesome place last year to forage red currants and I made strawberry/red currant jam last year and it's my new favorite!
I am lucky in southern Indiana to have gooseberries. I love tart jams, so adding a half cup of gooseberries to my berry jams makes them set up nice and stiff and adds a delicious tartness. Thank you for the demo! I'll try apples this year with the fall blackberries.
Have a large gooseberry bush. It never produces any berries. Any tips?
@@thewoodshop69 Is it growing in full sun?
Is it a hot county where you live?
My gooseberry bushes perform much better with a little light shade over their heads - mine grow under the edge of hazel trees (I live in Scotland. In a natural weather year, it's pretty overcast and wet most of the time. This year, it's been a lot hotter - and the gooseberries in the shade are fruiting very well, whereas the old one sitting in the sun has nothing).
There's also the possibility that your plants are getting hammered by sawfly. Do they lose their leaves at any time during the season?
I find that a sawfly infestation always means little to no fruit.
@@thewoodshop69 By the way, you don't want to risk digging up such a large gooseberry bush and moving it in the autumn - if you have new growths on the bush, soft enough to lower to the ground, or you can lower them enough to touch the top of pots of soil, weigh them down with a stone, and they'll root there by next year.
A couple of years ago, I got about 8 new plants from one smallish gooseberry bush. They can fruit at quite a young age, so you'll only have to wait a year or two before they get going.
I don't think soil makes much difference to the fruiting capabilities of a gooseberry. The soil in my garden is very thin (atop slate) and is a slightly acid loam.
@@debbiehenri345 thank you for all the tips. It's in a shaded yard.
It hasn't lost ant leaves. Maybe I'll transplant in the spring
My Maw-maw is teaching me how to make jams and jellies now. And I'm loving every minute of it. ❤
I feel that connection with my mother when I make her strawberry preserves...she passed in '91...I accidentally scorched a batch and it tastes just like hers...thank you for your videos, I enjoy them
Thank you for the video instructions and printed recipes. The way I had been canning, it's a wonder I haven't killed us. I needed all your lessons and I too appreciate the connection to the past, the way they made do and got so much done.
This is great to know! You said in the video you were using 8 ounce jars, but those look like 12 ounce jars. That's probably a better size for a family. I remember my mom trying to slow down my brothers' consumption of jam at the dinner table. Thanks for all you share!
I just recently found you a couple of weeks ago, I have binged watched your videos and have started your podcasts and your books just came in the mail today. I have been reading the family garden plan all day ❤️❤️ I live on a little farm in Idaho and have been dreaming about being completely self sufficient for about 10 years now I’m (29) we lived on 2 acres for almost 6 years with our dogs and 2 goats and a garden and 2 toddlers but dreamed about more so just recently bought a old farmhouse and small farm on 10 acres and now we have pigs turkeys chickens goats ducks and a alpaca 🤣 but I have always desired to learn how to can and to go back to the basics of cooking from scratch etc so I have stumbled on your channel and I’m so thrilled! You are seriously who I want to be lol! Your full of so much knowledge and have kind personality, your a prime example of what a role model should be! Thank you so much for sharing your heritage and giving me the guts to start canning ❤️
Swoon on the old farmhouse!! We've seriously considered relocating to Idaho in the future. I'm thrilled to help inspire you to can this year! 🙌❤
@@MelissaKNorris why is that, Melissa? What factors are making you consider that? Climate? I lived briefly in Moscow Idaho. Loved, loved it. I think of it still and try to explain it to my husband. We aren't likely to move that far west, I guess, so we are now seriously considering Michigan.
I’ve used apple juice in addition to my fruits and juices for jellies and jams, but hadn’t heard of using the entire apple. I remember my grandmother (on my mom’s side) had several crabapple trees in her yard and used their juice along with whatever jams and jellies she was making. Good information and thanks for sharing!
You are a joy to watch!!
I have a TON of strawberries to process. I can't wait to try your method!! Sent for the ebook also! THANK YOU for sharing!!
We can’t use commercial pectin as it makes my daughter ill. Thanks for the recipe Melissa 😊
I had an aunt who had a huge cesspool tree and she used until we apples for a lot of her pectin.
You remind me of my mom and my grandparents that seldom used store bought if there was a way around it.
God bless and keep you and yours and Thank you for bending a keeper and teacher of so much that will help so many.
Melissa your channel is a real treasure. Thank you for all the work you put into it! ☺️
I wanted to say thank you. I made my first some batch. It was experiment to see how long it took and how much it made. Two of the big batches of strawberries from the store made two and a half pint jars. Now when they go on sale I will triple the recipe. I also make really good jalapeño salsa and now will give these for Christmas. LOL red and green throw in some crackers and cheese. Also, store on my shelves. Everything so expensive now and will be worth the effort.
Here in New Mexico when your in a restaurant and order food that takes a chili sauce topping the waitress will ask, "red, green or if you want both you ask for Christmas".
I liked seeing the canning process on the stove top. I don't have space in my apartment to buy a pressure cooker but I have a large pot that was intended for canning but I use for large stocks and clam bakes but I've always been too chicken to canning anything. Maybe this year is my year!
🙌 Yes!! Do it, you can twist up a dish towel or use extra of the metal canning rings to create a rack on the bottom of the pot (you don't want the jars sitting directly on the bottom of the pot against the burner).
Apples contain pectin naturally !! Nice recipe will have to give it a try !!
Thank you for sharing this treasured recipe! My husband's grandmother taught me to make jam when we first married and I continue to do so to this day (teaching my kiddos now!) I've wondered how to do this without store bought! I'll try that for sure! I may try with our figs! Last year I made fig jam and noticed it set so fast, before it even came to a boil, it was still delicious but beyond my preferred gel....I've said since then "they must have a high pectin level in them"!!
I just made peach jelly from one of our trees and am crossing my fingers my plums make it through all our harsh winds so I can make our favorite plum jam!! I have apricots waiting for me too! Love love love!!
Please keep sharing these videos! I love learning and trying "things from back in the day" I'm on a mission to keep these traditions going!
WOW, you are so great thank you so much for all your work, typing out recipes, making videos, etc. I sooooo appreciate it!!! I have been looking for awhile now for a recipe and how to make jam without store bought pectin. My great grandmother was my absolute favorite person in my life and loved listening to her tell stores about the Great Depression, what they did, how they lived, etc. She was so dirt poor, and her lessons have been like gold, but of course different people had different experiences so it is so nice to hear how others lived and LEARN from it. Thank you again. I am trying to absorb it all!😄😄
I use a tablespoon or two of lemon juice for extra pectin. I do this also because lemon brightens up other fruits without imposing a lemon flavor in the final product.
Nice video! I've done water bath canning for years with pectin, but have recently switched to steam bath canning, which I am really liking. I will try this recipe since I am running low on pectin.
Thank you Melissa. You answered a burning question for me. I have always wondered how they got Jellys and jams to set without pectin.
I am making this jam right now! I don't currently grow any strawberries, but local strawberries just hit our markets so this video has great timing!
So awesome that you are passing along time honored recipes from your gram. My gram (born in 1894) made all her stuff homemade mostly with what she grew in her yard. She made the best elderberry jam. When I was a little guy, I would climb her apple tree, perch myself in the branches and eat apples off the tree while listening to the birds sing. It was one of my favorite places to be. Unfortunately, none of her recipes are still around. Thank you for sharing this...it's been over 50 years, but your video makes me a little nostalgic thinking about that apple tree.
I am glad you made this video because I wanted to know what was used in the past for pectin . I hope you show things there will have natural yeast for bread and other things. I hope they you show old time recipes they used to use - this tater that handful of this That our grandparents used to make. Every time they may come the always come out different but always good. Because my grandmother was pure Dutch and had great recipes. I miss her cooking. I really hope you will show the old recipes.
I have a sourdough series here already th-cam.com/play/PLM1AU13ArmGTdbFnjQQtkf2ZNWjOhFKaz.html
Nice, and no foam!!! I am going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing 💕
My grandma (born in 1924) taught me how to make jams and jellies both with and without store pectin. The one we used no pectin on the most was quince jelly as quince is higher in natural pectin than apples. I am experimenting with no sugar or using alternative natural sugars (syrup or honey) in my jams this year.
Same!♡♡♡
How did the experimenting go with different sugars and no sugar? Maybe even less sugar?
@@klsimmonsen no sugar is tougher to get set and my girls refuse to eat the ones that my SIL gave us or I made that are sugar free. Honey was nice, but the honey flavor definitely comes through so use with a fruit that you like the blended with the honey flavor. I didn’t get around to trying to sweeten with maple syrup.
I just love ruhbarb with strawberry
My grandmother taught me how to can and always covered her canned jars with a kitchen towel in case a cool draft come in so jars would not crack , but then grandmother lived in a very old house. She was a very remarkable woman, she went from Tennessee to Iowa as a baby in a covered wagon in her leter years she flew from Nebraska to Washington to visit me in a 737 Boeing. All in one lifetime. She's gone now and I do miss her, boy did she have some stories. RIP GRANDMA
Awesome video thanks Melissa for the old-time canning methods
Cranberries work great. Thanks for all that you share with us.😊
Strawberry with pineapple is wonderful.
I love all these little tips you give like the sheet test! Makes me feel like I’d be able to do this if there ever was an apocalypse! Lol
Another great video Melissa, love strawberry blackberry jelly @ home made apple butter with hot biscuits, so good. Girl so proud of you in this video, so beautiful @ classy, Shined like a new quarter. And that hair so beautiful, u @ your folks stay safe in a world spinning out of control, God Bless, Love frm N.C.
Thank you sweetheart 💐
Just did this with raspberries. I cooked it a little too long, so I’m sure my husband will call it seed jam. 5 one cup jars are in the water bath right now, one is just on the counter because I’m going to use it right away. First time trying this method. I love it.
I am ready to try it! Thanks
Green tomatoes also contain pectin. My grandma and great grandma had recipes for green tomato jam.
Is that good? Are you going to share the recipe?
Just wanted to let you know that you have a mix up in your companion planting guide in your book. Under tomatoes it includes brassicas under good to plant near. Under brassicas you have the right information that says tomatoes are enemies.
I'm sure it's just a typo.
Love your book! It's been my gardening bible this year.
Oh snap, I think it's Murphy's Law every book has to have a typo, but so glad you're enjoying it!
Thanks, Melissa! ❤️
I live in suburbia Houston Texas and my neighbor has a pear tree that lims hangover in my yard finally made a bunch of pear jam a few years back and my daughter swears it’s the best she’s ever had. I follow a keto diet and I didn’t use any sugar but a sugar substitute called swerve. Love love that you know know your grandma’s (great, or great great grandma’s?) simple and pure recipe. I to try to minimize my ingredients to as natural as I can get it, for the most part, and want to try berry jam of some sort this year because berries are the lowest in sugar and that’s what’s recommended for a keto diet. I’ve also starting my own organic garden and water bath and canned a bunch other stuff too
Thank you so much for this video, and the recipe. You are a Godsend. I love your channel, and your beautiful home.
This how we make jams in South Africa or well atleast everybody I know, I don't even know what pectin is😂
Pectin is a natural part of plant cell walls. You are extracting pectin when you put apples or fruit skins in your jam. When people say they don't use pectin they really mean not using pectin that has been removed from a plant and processed into a concentrated form, typically apples because they are really high in pectin.
Well done, thank you! 😊
They look so good!
Wow that looks good
I have tried 2 different email accounts and I haven't received the free jam cookbook. ( I did check my spam folders) I did go buy bands from Lehman's! What a great deal! Thank you!
Looks yummy...Love your Grandma’s recipe.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing.
Oh so happy I found your channel! Thanks for all your recipes - I just started canning 💘 - blessings !
Thank you Melissa
I wish I had you in my kitchen making these no pectin jams and jellies. I have yet to have one set properly. It’s definitely not a waste because they are wonderful for flavoring kombucha but I’d really like something that would stay on a slice of bread!
Sounds like you need to cook it longer
@@fallenangelwi25 I made the blueberry, lime, low sugar jam yesterday and followed the recipe exactly. I finally got it to pass the sheet test after it had cooked for 3 times the recommended 25 minutes.
@@owl6365 it could be your elevation or the humidity. That jam sounds so yummy!!!!! Congratulations on it finally passing!!! When in doubt it's best to over cook than under cook.
I can’t wait to try this low sugar recipe! Thank you.
Just found your channe Good pointers and enjoyed very much.
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I have a harmless crush on you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I'm sure your Grandma and Mom are as awesome as you!!
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This was so informative, thank you.
love your channel, shared on facebook
Love the ping! lol
Awesome recipe, we have a type of strawberry, a pineberry, that I really want to try and jam up. So will have to try this.
Interesting, and it might be an Australian thing..... but I don't know anyone here, or any grandparents who canned.
I'm excited to try this! I will have to substitute sugar for monk fruit thanks for the great videos keep it coming
PING! = the sweet sound of success!
This isn't related to the video, as much as your book, but I'm liking forward to trying these San Mariani Lingo No. 2.
Thanks for getting the book and can't wait to think what you think of their flavor!
@@MelissaKNorris - I'm not one to keep my opinion to myself, so you'll find out! However, I'm pretty sure they're gonna be awesome.
Oh darn! I thought that was a loaf of french bread to spread your jam on!
I don't believe my grandmother was that particular making her freezer jam. She had too much other demanding hard work and chores to do. I make mine the same and it tastes just like grandma's. Done in no time and 🍓😋🍓
My grandma didn't have electricity for a freezer until much later in life and still didn't trust it due to power outages 😊
@@MelissaKNorris💚 I was a wee little girl and my grandmother had this "huge" "gigantic" chest freezer in a dark, dark cellar (so scary looking as a small child) and I remember being soooo scared of that thing when it opened up😳 That's how I know she had electricity for freezer jam🍓😋🍓
I love that you didn't put sugar in the jam! I definitely want to make that.
I've been meaning to find low sugar recipes for a while. Do you have any low sweetener recipes for ice cream too?
I did put sugar in, it won't set without some, but lower sugar than most jam recipes. I don't have a low sugar ice cream, sorry.
I made fig jam for the 1st time. Only needed figs, lemon, sugar. It was so delicious.
What is the shelf life of an unopened jar? This video is the extent of my canning knowledge. My Dad grew up during the depression and this was a major staple. He was so sick of jam sandwiches that he would never eat jam again. Thanks. Interesting video.
Best within 12 to 18 months but several years and they're still fine
@@MelissaKNorris Thank you
Interesting
Hi Melissa, for the jam that is left over and not canned, what is the shelf life in the refrigerator? Additionally, for the canned jars, once opened, how long will they last in the fridge?
just 3 pints, that would last about as long as a paper shirt in a bear fight at my house. I love canned preserves it's always better than store bought. Nice video.
I'm a beginner at all this actually soon in the future I will attempt canning for the first time. Occasionally not very often I do go trout fishing. Can you can trout?
how about orange zest instead of lemon?
That's fine, lime is good too
made a mixed berry with apple that and some honey
left the peal on it washed it well more pectin
I just subscribed to your channel and I'm really liking your videos. Can you do some coffee mocha drinks recipes😁🥰
Love this, curious as how much sugar. 2nd time watching and I don't hear ya say. Looks like the sugar is half what the berries are??
For all of you younger kids out there, learn all you can from the older generation so the knowledge isn't lost they knew alot of tricks you won't find anywhere
Sounds delicious I brought 8 big size strawberry I put them in the freezer until tomorrow morning is this okay then make the strawberry jam
Hi. Looks so good. Did you screw on the lids real tight? I'm thinking yes because you said they were submerged in the water.
No, fingertip tight, if you do it too tight the lids will buckle during processing.
Just found you. Sorry if you answered this already in other videos. Can you tell me if your stove is gas or electric? I can with the pot immersion method on this video, but was told electric stove stops don't keep consistent heat and that can be a problem. We fired up our Coleman from our camper and did it on screened in porch...but would rather use my stove inside. Thanks so much. My friends and I are loving your videos.😊 and yes getting back to basics in these crazy times, makes me feel close to my precious grandparents.
My stove is electric and absolutely fine to can on. It's induction stoves, not electric that have issues with canning, someone mistakenly gave you incorrect advice there
What I wouldn't give for some of your strawberry jam!!!
Melissa, would it be okay to blend the apple in the blend too?
The apple needs to be smaller than what I wanted my strawberries but I'm sure you could. Grandma always grated hers so I supposed I'm just a creature of habit.
You could probably blend the apple first, add strawberry and then blend again.
Would these instructions also work for preserves?
Depends on which fruits you're pairing it with, I've used it with berries and cherries
When making strawberry preserves can you use a steam canner instead?
I wonder if you can use a Granny Smith apple with Blackberry jam?
Yes, I have that recipe exactly in The Made-from-scratch Life
LOL Melissa!!! Looks like I’ll have to purchase your book ❣️ 🥰
I have that same apron, 🙃
Could I substitute an apple for pectin when making pepper jelly?
Is the jar with wide mouth or regular? Does it matter which one we use?
The greener (unripened) the apple, the more natural pectin or gelling agent it has
How much water do you use in pot? And is there a rack in the bottom?
I have a question, I made jam the first time it turned out perfect and the second time it turned out runny I don’t know what I did wrong any ideas? I did can it so is the runny jam wasted ? Can I do anything to fix it or is it to late?
Did you water bath process the jar that wasn't full or did you just put it in the refrigerator to be used next?
No, if a jar isn't full it should not be processed. I put it in the fridge to enjoy right away.
Can I use the apple with raspberries and peaches?,I bought some pectin , but I would prefer to use fruit. Actually what is the store bought pectin made with and does it have preservatives? I have only made jam a few times and used pectin..I am now curious what it tastes like and if it’s not so heathy compared to fruit.. I am looking forward to using your low sugar recipe. Thanks for sharing! Steph 🌷