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Strawberry Fig Jam IIJams and Jellies
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Submitted by Maw Maw
Kaplan, LA
on Tuesday, May 28, 2002
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| Makes: | |
| Prep Time: | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time: | 45 minutes |
| Ready In: | 55 minutes |
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Figs are in season at the end of June and early July, and they are delicious and high in fiber. Ask any bird they will tell you it is so. To select the perfect fig the trick is picking a ripe one - when it is yielding to finger pressure, it is ripe. When it is mushy, it is past ripe (but I still pick them and can them). Green means "oooooo, not ripe yet and you won't be happy eating it" so don't pick it, but a rich, dark, purply brown color means "you're gonna love it".
My parents always made me wear a long sleeve shirt and long jeans to avoid contact with the fig "milk". Sticky and unbelievably itchy...ahhh I see this has happened to you.
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| Ingredients |
| 10 cups ground fig meat |
4 cups sugar |
| 2 boxes strawberry jello large |
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| | | Directions | Combine figs and sugar. Cook over medium heat for 45 minutes stirring to prevent scorching.
Add 2 Boxes of strawberry jello and bring to a boil again. Pour into preheated canning jars and seal. If your figs are not "turning", add 2 to 3 boxes of pectin - the cooking time is reduced substantially.
The prep time does include picking, cleaning and grinding the figs. |
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