Home canning "newbies" are learning the hard way about the importance of having the right directions when you're making jams and jellies. Case in point, this summer's instruction mix-up involving Sure ...

A freezer makes time stand still. And for anyone bent on capturing the local harvest, that’s golden. Say the berry harvest is coming on fast and furious and you’re zooming off to a five-day conference ...

Heat sure jell mixture on stove top until boiling. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Pour over sugared strawberries and mix until sugar is almost dissolved. Pour into clean 8 oz jelly jars w lids. Let ...

Jam-making was treated with utmost seriousness in my family. My grandmother grew up at least partly in an era without refrigeration, so preserving the summer’s bounty to consume in the winter was a ...

Anyone can make freezer jam. Seriously, I make multiple batches and I possess zero skills of my pioneering ancestors. If a zombie apocalypse hits, I'm as screwed as any non-hunting, non-gathering, non ...

• Use 1- to 2-cup glass or rigid, plastic, freezer containers with tight-fitting lids. There is no need to sterilize containers or process the jam. But containers should be washed in hot, soapy water, ...

We’re right on the cusp of berry season, and that means jam. I’ve made my own freezer jam every year for the last 15 years or so, ever since I realized I could use strawberry Jell-O in place of pectin ...