Blueberries are in season and so our blueberry bushes are full of them. Since we’ve moved to the country, I’ve been wanting to do more cooking and country-life activities. So since we had an abundance of blueberries, I decided to make some blueberry jam. This would be my first attempt at making jam and canning. First I picked and washed the blueberries.
After preparing the jars, I cooked the blueberry jam with a ton of sugar, pectin, and lemon juice.
After adding the sugar, I then noticed that my pot was way too small, so I began to dump out some of the mixture with measuring cups as I didn’t want to paint my stove purple. So it was a learning experience. I did get 12 small jars of blueberry jam. I was glad that all the jars did seal.
Next time I will buy bigger jars instead of these tiny cute ones. I seriously thought they held more. My husband opened one up today and used half of the jar on three biscuits. I was glad that I had bought a canning kit that had some neat tools in it like the magnet to retrieve the lids from the boiling water.
Up next I plan to try apple butter. I may also try blueberry butter since we still have plenty of blueberries. I used the website PickYourOwn.org to find instructions for blueberry jam and will try a few more of their recipes in the coming weeks.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Oh they are so cute! Well done!! I have always wanted to do something like that, make my own jams…Not that I eat jam…. Or pickled oinion hehe Just something. Well done.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:18 am
good nice.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Yum! I love blueberries! This looks delicious!
June 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
i cant wait to try doing some canning this summer. I move in a week, to a place more in the country, and closer to the strawberry farms.
good to know its worth investing in the canning kit.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Nothing like homemade jam! Most people don’t realize how good blueberries are for you. The are high in antioxidants and are considered a superfruit since they have a high ORAC value.
June 19th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Yummm! I just scraped the bottom of my homecanned blueberry jam. Boo hoo.
July 6th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Really good list. I saved some usefull tools to use . Thank you
August 19th, 2009 at 1:35 am
I have always canned my cans in boiling water.
Fill jars that have been washed, rinsed and boiled in a pot of water for 3 minutes to 1/4 from the top. Fasten lids securely and boil jars in a vat of water for 15 minutes. Remove with tongs and let cool upright.Check for secure seals on jars and store in a cool place away from light for up to a year.Any jars that do not achieve a proper seal should be refrigerated.
March 17th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Really like this post, thanks for writing.