Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.co.uk)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:12 +0100 (BST)
> For all that oven sterilizing seems ingenious, there is NO WAY we will
> turn on the oven in summer in the city. In fact when it's 100 degrees
> Fahrenheit (it was a virtual 106 the last several days, ie., 41 degrees
> C)
> we don't even light the stove. We just go outside & fry a few eggs on
> the
> sidewalk.
I expect metabisulphite would work just as well. Boiling jam is pretty
hot work anyway.
We never add pectin, though sometimes a little pectin rich fruit to help
some things set.
Peter Marshall
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