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RECIPE CORNER Those present at the December meeting were treated to two delicious natural jams brought along by Bruce MacLaren. By popular request Bruce has kindly conSented to share his recipes, and has also included another of his favourites, that for mint jam. - .

Mint Jam

Place 2 cups of fresh wild mint in blender. Add fi-cup cider vinegar, % cup water and 4 cups sugar. Blend until smooth and all the Sugar is dissolved. Dissolve 1 pkg. of Certo in i-cup water. Bring to boil and boil hard for one minute. Pour this hot mixture into blender. Blend at slow speed for one minute. Pour quickly into jars; otherwise jam will begin to jell in blender. As this jam does not have a rich green appearance, it is a good idea to add green food colouring just before the final blending. Jam should be stored in freezer.

Rose petal Jam Mint jam can be made from wild Be sure to uSe roses that have not been mint, Spearmint or peppermint. Each sprayed with herbicides or insecticides. 338 gives a Slightly differentnflavour. Rose petals have a white tip where they . Nild mm 18 the most common ox the are attached.' These tips are bitter and three- It Can be readily identified

' musb e cut off. Collect enough rOSe by the Square stem, opposite leaves,

' pet a to make one cupful, firmly but and the minty odour released when the not tightly pressed. Place in blender plant 18 bruised.

along with % cup water, juice of 1 lemon and 4 tsp. salt. Blend until liquid. Slowly add 3 cups sugar. While sugar is

dissolving, put i-cup water in saucepan fig: and diss A e in 1 pkg. Certo. Bring to 5:9 a boil. Rhard for one minute. Add d the pectin t the liquid in the blender. gag: ‘Run blender just enough to be Sure the ' pectin is fully distributed then pour into sterilized containers. This jam fiéfifit; will keep for at least one month. If fig ou wish to keep it lon er out in the rrgmfeg ‘ g ‘ 5/ use \ Rg_s_e_Hip Jam 535:; Rose hip jam is made in exactly the fig? same way as the rose petal jam 3%? except that rose hips are used bi

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Yrseeds and fuzz surrounding them. /j’sT—®3 .QSuaily the blender should be run I N , r to thoroughly liquidify the

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