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ozarkflyer
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I have been making a lot of canned strawberries lately, and they come out better each time I do it. One problem I am having is what looks like two seperate layes as the jam jells. Can anyone tell me how to stop this?
Michael996
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OF, are you living in the Ozarks yet? Are you a pilot?
goatlady
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I'm a bit confused - are you trying to can whole strawberries or are you making strawberry jam? If you are making jam apparently you are not mashing the berries up fine enough to mix evenly so the heavier berrie pieces are sinking to the bottom of the jar. I run fruits I'm making jam with through the blender as the 1st step and have no seperation problems.
ozarkflyer
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Yeppers, I have been making jam - somewhere I read NOT to put them through a blender. That sure would be easier than all the mashing I have been doing! Do you do anything different from the standard recipe when you blend them?
Bullgator
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Maybe you need to add more pectin to get it set up faster. I coarsely mash the fruit with a potato masher because I like the jam chunky.
patriot mama
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Currently I have an abundance of strawberries as well. I have already canned whole strawberries and have made jam and syrup. Does anyone know of something different I can do with them?
Has anyone tried dehydrating them?
pinecone
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Use the smaller ones in muffins, and dice up the larger ones for muffins or other bread.
pinecone
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I forgot to add- for dehydrating, blend them up and use a jerkey shooter to make fruit leaters. You might need to add some apples.
   

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