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Diane's Museum of Jam

Diane's Museum of Jam
Denmark.........Germany........Belgium.......

...because I can't stand Smucker's! These were all bargains at Big Lots, a discount food store that has odds and ends from all over the world. When I see what I want, I buy several jars. American corporate brands, like Welch's and Smucker's, are for kids to eat with peanut butter, in my opinion. As you see, I like jam that's on the sour or bitter side. Oh, I could get some grownup jam made in the USA, but it's from small-batch, independent makers that charge $10 and up per jar in gourmet food shops. Anyway, who doesn't like jam made with rhubarb?

buonacoppi, Percy Schramm, Rosalyn Hilborne, Tanja - Loughcrew and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo

22 comments - The latest ones
 Smiley Derleth
Smiley Derleth club
I would try the rhubarb! I need to stop by the Big Lots near me today. You're making me hungry. :)
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Smiley Derleth club
Oh, I hope you find some! I might even have bought all your local Big Lots' rhubarb, too. I'm a rhubarb purist and prefer it straight, no cute berry additions, but it's very hard to find anything all-rhubarb unless you make it yourself. I know of two in the entire world (I've looked): 1) yogurt in Florence, Italy in the small grocery store near the Duomo and 2) pie at Mom's Apple Pies in Sebastopol, California. ;-b
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
I've tasted very many types of jam (and made a few - quince, gooseberries being favourites) until I had to stop eating the stuff due to diabetes, but I never heard of rhubarb in jam, either on its own or in a mix. Sounds excellent!
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Andy Rodker club
It is! The only thing better would be NO berries!
7 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Not quite up there with Ripley's Believe it or Not....but heading there. Rhubarb is a wonderful thing with sugar, so I'll look out for some jam.
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
You could take a ferry to Denmark. That would be fun! I give that one 4 stars and the Belgian one 3.5. Pure rhubarb would get 5.
7 years ago.
 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
Aahhhhh.....that´s my world Diane ;)
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew club
Hahaha! Well, that German orange marmalade is excellent - nice and bitter!

Yours in jam sisterhood,
Diane
7 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
Keep the independents going Diane! I made some blackcurrant jam once but it was too thick...I buy it now, it's quicker ;-))
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne
It's quite a bit of work. I made orange marm a few times, but without consistent thickness from one batch to the next. I got one way too runny and stopped making it. Sometimes, Valencia oranges are hard to find, anyway. Now, I keep an eye out for imported jams I can afford.
7 years ago.
Leon_Vienna club has replied to Diane Putnam club
You know what your - oh, sorry: that president (tries to) think about those imported goods? Diane, Diane ... ;-)
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
Haha! I just saw this. Thank you for not calling him mine. His mind is spinning with all kinds of ugly things, probably going to ban imported marmalade because foreign oranges are too liberal.
7 years ago.
 Sylvain Wiart
Sylvain Wiart
www.confituresduclimont.com
I advice you the carrot-gewurztraminer one !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Sylvain Wiart
That sounds unusual and delicious! I looked at some others that sound good to me: melon-itron and Christmas jam ('oranic clementine, thin slices of candied angelica and liqueur of fir'). Wow, liqueur of fir!

Of course, there is rhubarb, made with nothing but rhubarb and sugar!
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 Percy Schramm
Percy Schramm club
Very nice collection. I' m getting hungry !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Percy Schramm club
Hahaha! Time for a snack, Percy? Thank you.
7 years ago.
 Leon_Vienna
Leon_Vienna club
I can recommend "Dirndl" (Cornus mas), grows wild here around, great stuff for jam! And for emptying the middle one, I am actually waiting for an invitation (could bring some Dirndl-Marmelde along) ;-))
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
Hahaha - OK, Leon, just bring a spoon! Oh yes, bring Dirndl-marmalade, because I doubt we have those trees in the USA. I saw a recipe and it looks very easy. It made me think of rowan berry jam:
www.kochbar.de/rezept/341455/Dirndl-Marmelade.html
7 years ago.
 kiiti
kiiti
I also think the jam that the taste of the material tastes good.

Japan is twice as expensive as the US products in the EU area.
I am "BUY America" from the United States ;-)
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to kiiti
Ah, I see! That is very smart, Kiiti.
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Make your own:-) Ever tried rhubarb and ginger? Yummy!
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Gudrun club
No, I haven't! Wow, that sounds good! Well, Gudrun, I probably won't make it...or maybe I will...

Vielen Dank!
7 years ago.

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