My sour cherry trees produced well, and of course, since the strawberries were two weeks early, the pie cherries came during girls camp!!
The boys all pick and froze a few bags, so when I made it home it was time to get serious with them! Since I still have jars of cherries for pies and crisps, I decided to take the sour cherry jam route! I LOVE sour cherry jam. I LOVE to eat it on ice cream and waffles! So I made a bunch. And I didn't put it in the pretty jelly jars that I have. I chose to put them in quarts, or else we'd be pulling out a jar of jam a day! And that sure gets old fast.
I used my steam canner instead of a hot bath. It is more manageable on a cook top because you boil a much smaller amount of water, and steam is hotter than boiling water which equals shorter processing time! Thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law for such a perfect birthday gift last year!!!
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