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 ...

Rinse clean plastic containers and lids with boiling water. Dry thoroughly. Stem and crush strawberries thoroughly, one layer at a time. Measure exactly 2 cups prepared fruit into large bowl. Stir in ...

The local strawberry, picked at the peak of ripeness, really doesn’t have a parallel. For much of the year, if we eat fresh strawberries, they come from California or Florida. The soft berries that ...

When it comes to making jams, jellies and preserves, the recipes call for sugar — usually lots of sugar. A recipe for classic strawberry jam in “Better Homes and Gardens Jams & Jellies” (Houghton ...

On sizzling summer days while the sun baked her garden to vibrant hues of ripeness, Dorothy Schafer, 70, could nearly always be found bent over steaming pots of fruits in the farmhouse kitchen of her ...

3-1/2 cups prepared fruit (buy about 1-1/2 pt. fully ripe red raspberries and about 1-1/4 lb. fully ripe peaches) 7 cups sugar, measured into separate bowl 3/4 cup water 1 box SURE-JELL Fruit Pectin ...