So, I made persimmon jam. It took a extra time to boil, probably because it didn't come to a boil as fast as it should've, but it seems to have set up all right. The canning process went beautifully! All three canned popped in a timely manner, and I'm positive they could sit on the shelf and stay good for quite some time.The problem is that I'm not so sure on the taste. When I tasted the leftover tablespoon, it tasted dry. Part of the problem may have been that the persimmons weren't all completely ripe, but it seemed like I could've doubled the sugar called for in the recipe.
I'm going to open one tomorrow, see if it's the same. If it is, I'm going to try and figure out what went wrong and then attempt a fix.
I guess it's only right that my first ever attempt at making jam by myself should fail, it's a complicated process and I can't make things look too easy.
And just to let y'all know, the reason I haven't been blogging as much this week is because I've been reviewing everything I've learned up to this point. There's a point at which you have to take a break from shoving as much new information into the brain as possible. Next week should have regular updates again..
Okay, now, the sidebar on the blog says "Wild American persimmon fruits taste bleh." Is that what you used for the jam? How does the jam taste in comparison to the fruit? When I went to Basse's last year to buy strawberries and saw the price, I flipped and decided to buy frozen strawberries at Woodman's instead. But the taste of the fruit STRONGLY impacts the taste of the jam. Turned out that Basse's strawberries this year (though better than frozen berries from the store) weren't as good as the Aldi strawberries had been. I should've made my jam from Aldi berries. Point is, if you weren't tickled by the fruit's taste on its own, the jam will leave something to be desired too.
ReplyDeleteSome of them tasted good, some of them... were not so great. Part of what took me so long in gathering the fruit was the fact that I could only use some of them.
ReplyDeleteThe jam tastes way different than the fruits.