tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post1906265518354531041..comments2024-03-27T12:25:12.271-04:00Comments on latent chestnut: Strawberry Blueberry Pineapple PreservesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post-83508191928705281632011-04-17T18:08:45.574-04:002011-04-17T18:08:45.574-04:00Thank you for sharing that story, Uncle Lee. I wo...Thank you for sharing that story, Uncle Lee. I would have loved to see all of you in the kitchen that day! I remember eating black raspberries from the bushes along the tree <br />lines of the field. Such a treat. It is astounding to think that there enough raspberries that year to make cases of jam!Luke Legerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301106808789201444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post-67814692371666634742011-04-16T15:57:35.482-04:002011-04-16T15:57:35.482-04:00Great original recipe, Luke! Your post reminded m...Great original recipe, Luke! Your post reminded me of the time that Mom (Nonna to you), me and my sisters turned the kitchen into a veritable canning factory. It was July 4, 1976, and there was a bumper crop of wild black raspberries -- at the peak of ripeness -- along the tree lines of the field behind the house. Us children picked a huge amount of the raspberries, and then helped as Mom turned them into the most delicious black raspberry jam! We canned CASES of pint jars of jam! Mom had acquired some stick-on oval labels preprinted with "From the kitchen of Schifferli", and then Mom wrote across the top of each label, "July 4, 1976". That was our Bicentennial jam. I still might have one or two unopened jars. Singer-songwriter Jim Croce sang "Time in a bottle", but each of those pint jars of jam are chock full of "Memories in a jelly jar." -- Leo<br /><br />P. S. Update from 1976 to 2011: The peak of the wild black raspberry season has shifted dramatically. Whereas July the fourth was the peak of the season in 1976, if you go out to pick wild black raspberries on this Fourth of July, you will find very few berries, if any. Now the peak of the wild black raspberry season is around June the 20th. A graphic demonstration of climate change in a mere thirty-five years. -- LeoLeohttp://postcardiness.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post-41932192634384747512011-04-14T16:21:30.477-04:002011-04-14T16:21:30.477-04:00I can't wait to see what delicious combination...I can't wait to see what delicious combinations you come up with next!!! This one looks outta-sight!Eva Marie Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356056151390317852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post-25176919706268438882011-04-14T10:35:34.957-04:002011-04-14T10:35:34.957-04:00I'll work on writing something up, Jeff. Ther...I'll work on writing something up, Jeff. There are a lot of steps, but it's fairly straightforward. Not as daunting as I was afraid it would be. I'll get back with you soon!Luke Legerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301106808789201444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3976667852687191736.post-91262592695161361672011-04-14T08:50:28.281-04:002011-04-14T08:50:28.281-04:00luke! share your canning technique??? i haven'...luke! share your canning technique??? i haven't but plan to. no secrets, of course...just the simplest, basic method so i don't mess it up.<br /><br />jeffJeffrey James Ircinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010750321117040354noreply@blogger.com