foraging – One for the Cupboard

Food Before the Fridge

I keep jam in the fridge. Thinking about it, when it comes to jam, I’m actually using the fridge as a very expensive and inefficient storage cupboard – there is absolutely no need to keep it there. The whole point of making jam, of preserving, is storing fruit for a long time in a wayContinue reading “Food Before the Fridge”

There’s More to Jam than Meets the Ear

Jam. The humble preserve, the stalwart of the cupboard. On my kitchen table, it sits meekly behind the chocolate spread and fashionable nut butters, waiting for the moment it is selected to be spread on our breakfast toast. Ever-present in our cupboards, it is a go-to at any time of day, spread liberally on crumpets,Continue reading “There’s More to Jam than Meets the Ear”