We should not underestimate or overlook the power of the Lord’s tender mercies. The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live. When words cannot provide the solace we need or express the joy we feel, when it is simply futile to attempt to explain that which is unexplainable, when logic and reason cannot yield adequate understanding about the injustices and inequities of life, when mortal experience and evaluation are insufficient to produce a desired outcome, and when it seems that perhaps we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty even unto the power of deliverance (see 1 Ne. 1:20).
-Elder David A. BednarOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Productivitiy or Sweet Nectar of the Earth

Guess what it is not even noon and I may or may not be dressed yet but I have all ready been productive today look what I did ......


.... do you know what it is yet?

That's right I made strawberry freezer jam. Sooooo yummy!!
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So in case you want some freezer jam and have never made it before let me tell you. It is very easy to make. The recipe is inside the box of pectin (the stuff that makes it set up) use what ever brand you want, I've used both Sure-Jell and MPC. Today I used Sure-Jell but still experimented. I got a package of pectin for low sugar jam and made both a batch of low sugar jam and regular jam. They are setting up right now so after I taste both of them I will let you know which I liked better. I also bought way to much fruit so after I decided which I like better I think I will make another batch and when the peaches come on I think I will try the peach raspberry jam.
If you want to make your own all you need is strawberries, sugar, pectin and water. Also don't mash your strawberries by hand used the blender it is so much faster and easier and after you are done making your jam find a little bit more ambition and make some homemade bread to enjoy some of your Sweet Nectar of the Earth on. (If you really have no more ambition it is also really good on pancakes.)

3 comments:

Angi Gerrie said...

So yummy! It looks fantastic!

Cameron/Melissa said...

convinced me to make my own... it was good.

Mama Bean said...

I have a fab recipe for rasp-peach jame. It is not freezer though.