Jam Notes

CanningCraft Creates: Peach Melba Jam By Allison Carroll Duffy For several winters when I was a young kid, my family vacationed at Mount Tremblant, a ski resort a couple of hours north of Montreal. I’ve heard it’s quite ritzy and modern these days, but when I was there, in the 70’s and very…

February 2017 — Wonderful winter jamming recipes highlighting some Pomona’s jam makers who may do things a little differently from us — and guess what? Their methods work too! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to look at what they have to offer.

February 2017 — Organic Soup Kitchen’s mission is to create a healthy community. What does this have to do with Pomona’s Pectin?

November 2016 — Allison Carroll Duffy’s new recipe for Caramelized Onion-Maple Jam; Orange Marmalade, Light & Fresh; Green Tomato Jam; Fig Pizza with Balsamic Vinegar Fig Jam; delicious Holiday Gift recipe ideas; plus how to make Mixed Fruit jam without a recipe.

November 2016 — Marguerite Riker got so much encouragement from the jam eaters in her life, and believed so strongly in her jam-making vision and love of sharing her creations, that she was emboldened, even in a difficult economic time, to make a career transition to full-time jam-making businesswoman.

September 2016 — Allison Carroll Duffy’s new recipe for Tomato Marmalade; Guidelines for Adding Alcohol to Jam; Love & Olive Oil’s beautiful e-books, “That’s My Jam;” More New Fall Recipes for apples, pears, figs . . .

September 2016 — Becky Hoff sings the praises of adding Balsamic Vinegar to low-sugar jams: “My husband wants me to use Balsamic Vinegar in all of my jams now!” she says.

August 2016 — Our annual Pomona’s Day Giveaway plus heart-warming story about Evie Ladd, Jammin’ for a Cure, and 9 wonderful new recipes, including Pepper Jam — Hot as you Like! from Allison Carroll Duffy.

August 2016 — Are there any among us whose lives have not been touched, in one way or another, by cancer? Evie Ladd, a 12-year breast cancer survivor started Jammin’ for a Cure to raise money for the American Cancer Society and other cancer organizations.

June 2016 — Our annual June Giveaway plus new recipes, videos, and our Water Bath Canning tutorial. Read about Carl Hammer of Carl’s Jam Works and his Jamming for the Community project with Rebuilding Sacramento.

June 2016 — Rebuilding Together is the largest nonprofit, volunteer home rehabilitation organization in America. Carl Hammer, 91 years old, makes jam with Pomona’s Pectin that he sells to raise money for the organization.

April 2016 — A new recipe from Allison Carroll Duffy for Savory Rhubarb Conserve, essentially a chutney, as well as an interview with Kathryn Crawley of Turkey Foot Farm in Idaho on growing and making. More new recipes include Rhubarb Jelly, Violet Jelly, Spruce Tip Jelly, Strawberry-Lemon Marmalade, and Orange-Chocolate Marmalade. Some important Pomona’s News too.

February 2016 — If you’re ready to try something different and delicious — make some Margarita Marmalade, recipe excerpted from Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin, by Allison Carroll Duffy. Also links to new recipes for Satsuma Marmalade, Mimosa Jelly, and Mulled Red Wine Jelly.

November 2015 — Allison Carroll Duffy’s new recipe for Cranberry-Orange-Pear Holiday Jam, plus new recipes for Christmas Jam as well as Pepper Jelly with Agave & Stevia from Jo’s Jellies in New Orleans. We share our favorite Low-Sweetener Holiday Jam Ideas

September 2015 — Gina Barber of Cameron, NC, discovered Pomona’s Pectin, learned how to make low-sweetener and all-fruit syrup, and now, as she says: “Those darn kids are planning menus around syrup.”