All Things Strawberries!

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! 🙂

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!

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!

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!!!!

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

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 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!

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!

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.

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 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!

I am so ready for the strawberry recipes! Thanks Leisa and Phil.

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 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Pie filling - time 1 = alot of anxiety about the right time etc, time 2 = confidence, I got this process, exceptions are when the filling burps out scalding hot filling on your skin and across the kitchen (no need to express the calamity associated with that) :) I do like making it and the absolute requirement is to be attentive during the cooking process. Thank you for sharing!

Your recipe is almost identical to my family recipe, but I never thought about canning the filling! The difference is we also add (for 1 pie) a couple of heaping tablespoons of strawberry jello for extra yummy flavor and color. I wonder if that could be used in your recipe? Thanks for the ideas!

Yes, Leisa, you give us GREAT content! 😀 Thank you! ❤

Oh my Leisa I’ve been wanting to learn strawberry pie filling ! Could you show us how to make the pie?

Oh lady!!! The strawberry jalapeno sounds freaking amazing. Definitely going to try this when the orange jalapeno are ripe.

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!!