see.we.jam

It's strawberry time!!
Chicago is just starting to see the peak of strawberry season and I took advantage of the low priced berries and bought just enough to snack on and to make some homemade strawberry jam.

10 cups of strawberries, sugar and pectin.
This is the product of an excellent Christmas gift (thank you Ian)
My canning kit.
Last time I made marmalade without a canning kit... I burned my fingers, and the place was a mess... this time- things were a little different.

In order to keep things sterile you must keep jars in boiling water. That's pre and post fruit fill. It is quite a task to keep up with...
but the results!!

So worth it!
I love that when I make things at home I make more then I intended. In this case I figured I would get maybe 5 jars of jam out of my strawberries... wrong!
I was able to fill 8 jars plus some left over!!
We have already enjoyed multiple mornings of toast with strawberry jam and Mike has consumed several pb+j's.
Yum!