All Things Strawberries!

My grandmother was a huge jam maker. She would bake some loaves of bread and every kid got some bread and a small bowl of foam. It was heaven ❤🍓

I grew you canning, I have not canned much since I married. We have celebrated out 38th Anniversary. The past several years i have only canned tomatoes and peaches.. I have so much more to learn. OH by the way I just subscribed, I appreciate you and your efforts and knowledge! Thank You. OH by the way I use “for Jars”. Canning goods!

This was so fun! I was listening to you mostly while doing some chores, but when you said "Thirsty Thursday" with Phil, I had to stop and watch him make the moonshine. It's great to see him joining in on your content again! Hope he's healing well! 🙏 Thanks for taking the time to share your talent and expertise, Leisa and Phil! 🙂

Love your video! I can read but I am also a see it hear it person and appreciate your videos so much. I am 81 years old and I don't know anyone who does food preservation! I think the day is coming when younger people will wish they had some of these skills!

2028 ft elevation. canned strawberries for 35 min in my steam canner. I left at least 1 1/4 " of space. I sliced my strawberries, blanched them like you did. only have of my jars stayed sealed. I had only a bit of overflow but they are all at the top of the jars. Lots of bubbles in the jars that stayed seal and yes, I used my poker...LOL. Haha, 6 bottle of strawberry filling...two eaten by the guys already...just made crisps. Lazy me but it's pie day this weekend(the unsealed ones are in the fridge)

Hey, good to see Phil up and making some shine again. I loved all the strawberry stuff you made today.

That really was everything strawberry! Yum! I've never thought of making strawberry syrup from the tops, so thank you for sharing that. Great to see Phil up and around too with the best recipe to use that strawberry syrup!!!!

I was gifted 2 flats of locally grown strawberries from my husband's boss, these recipes are going to come in handy! Lol! Just unearthed 4 boxes of Pamonas for the jam making! Cant wait to try it out!

Just a note: make sure you use a heavy bottom pot for strawberry jam. You don’t want your jam scorching. This happened to me but I was still able to use it…I just avoided scraping the bottom of the pot. Lost a bit of jam, but it still worked.

I'll be blending strawberries for jam from now on. Definitely making some strawberry moonshine! ❤

I made strawberry jam, but ran the puree though a fine mesh strainer, twice, to remove as many seeds as possible. My father in-law can't have produce with small seeds, because of a health condition he handed down to his daughter and one son, thankfully, not my husband! It turned out great, and I used low sugar pectin, and organic cane sugar, so I feel it's better for those eating it. I made cranberry/jalapeno jam, using a can of whole berry cranberry sauce, cranberry juice, and about 5 jalapeno slices from a jar. I did the same thing, using canned peaches and jalapeno slices. They both made delicious spiced jams, to eat on crackers, with green onion and chive cream cheese. It makes delicious treats for watching TV with my husband, or to set out for family gatherings.

What a great video! Lots of good information.

Wow, never knew you could use the strawberry stems!! Love that you can use the whole berry. And it is great to see Phil on his feet!!

That's A LOT to look forward to- packed into Those Jars! ; ) Want to do a 'post' discussion? How did the strawberries work out? Any do-overs for this year? We'll see soon!

I just discovered blending strawberries for jam. The grandkids were always complaining about all the fruit floating to the top. Even shaking after the jars sealed but we’re still liquid. Blending makes a wonderful jam!

Hey Leisa! Thanks for this great video!! There is NOTHING like fresh farm grown Michigan Strawberries. Ours are the best. Made 23 pints of Freezer Jam yesterday (husband thinks he would die if we had store bought. Only wants strawberry freezer jam. If we divorced, he would fight for custody of the jam. Today is strawberry pie filling and strawberry sauce day. Thanks for the idea for the syrup. I've got 24 quarts all together, so I can make a ton of the syrup!

Oh my Thank you Beautiful Mrs.Leisa .you always make such great content , I pray your husband's foot/ankle is doing better . Thank you for teaching us all so much . Mrs josette Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🙏🙏🙏

She is not even lying about those for jars lids either. I haven't had one failure with them. And they have a great towel as well. I still have strawberry pie filling. I don't have time to can right now. I need to can peaches, more beans, pinto, Lima, black bean, kidney bean, northern beans, and navy beans. Once I get back at it. I am gonna be busy.

I was just wondering about thirsty Thursday… thanks!

Love Pomona pectin!