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Saturday, February 8, 2020

A Leap Month of Little Joys and Satisfactions: Making a New Jar of Jam from Several Old Ones

I know why I do this -- open a new jar of jam when we've not finished the last one. I get bored with the flavor of a particular jam, and I want to move onto the next. 


In cleaning out the condiment shelves of the fridge, I came upon 5 almost empty jars of different flavored jam and jelly. I had cranberry jam, blackberry jam, raspberry jam, cherry preserves, and red currant jelly. All of these had about a tablespoon or two left in the jar.

So, yesterday I scraped all of the different jams into one jar and melted the contents in the microwave briefly. I stirred it together with a fork (to break up the more solid jelly), capped that jar, and popped it back into the fridge. 


What I have now is a "new" flavor of jam that should satisfy my desire for something different. I'll push my family to use this jar over the next week. And then . . . we can start the process of me opening a different jar every couple of week all over again.
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