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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?
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Smiley Derleth said:

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 replied to Smiley Derleth:

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 said:

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 replied to Andy Rodker:

It is! The only thing better would be NO berries!
7 years ago

Steve Bucknell said:

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 replied to Steve Bucknell:

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 said:

Aahhhhh.....that´s my world Diane ;)
7 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to Tanja - Loughcrew:

Hahaha! Well, that German orange marmalade is excellent - nice and bitter!

Yours in jam sisterhood,
Diane
7 years ago

Rosalyn Hilborne said:

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 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 replied to Diane Putnam:

You know what your - oh, sorry: that president (tries to) think about those imported goods? Diane, Diane ... ;-)
7 years ago

Sylvain Wiart said:

www.confituresduclimont.com
I advice you the carrot-gewurztraminer one !
7 years ago

Diane Putnam 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

Percy Schramm said:

Very nice collection. I' m getting hungry !
7 years ago

Diane Putnam replied to Percy Schramm:

Hahaha! Time for a snack, Percy? Thank you.
7 years ago