I just finished some of Co-Op's own (the conserve type, anyway) straight from the jar, and it was lovely. It smells of tarts and tastes yummy. Now, what I want to know is - should I try blackberry jam as well? I mean, the stuff looks the same but I have no idea if I'd like it. Anyone here tried it?

Hooray for jam!

Boo. No jam fans, then? What a boring lot.

Funny you should mention Blackcurrent Jam as I bought a jar recently on a whim and I forgot how nice it is!

My partner also forgot and ate most of it!

I do like jam it's a smile food

I am, I am I love jam, but I don't think I've ever seen blackberry jam, let alone tried it. I'll have to keep an eye out for it now. My favourite is apricot though.

I find that apricot works the best for marzipan cakes, although raspberry is alright for the purpose as well.

Add bluebarry jam as another for my to-taste list. I wonder if any supermarkets stock blackberry or blueberry jam...

Blackberries are more often made into jelly than jam, from what I can see. I have no idea why, but that's what I've noticed. And it's often called bramble jelly and not blackberry jelly. Yet again, I have no idea why. It is a preserve shrouded in mysterious notions.

It's lovely though. Asda do one which I am fairly addicted to. On hot buttered crumpets.

How unhealthy is jam, btw? The jar I had contained about 600 cals, but a similarly sized jar of Nutella (which I also go crazy for) has something like 2000 or more. Then you have a Mars bar which is always extortionately priced and has 261 cals. So might jam, in moderation, a better alternative to the adorementioned? Straight from the jar, mind.

OP, currants and berries are very different fruits.
My mum's garden has strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, black/red/white currants, and a neighbour has rhubarb and gooseberries.
So we don't buy inferior supermarket jam .
Different fruits contribute to the setting ability of the jam. Strawberries either need the full sugar quota or a mix with eg. gooseberries to achieve set jam.

Something to do with those pips that insist on getting stuch in your teeth?

Well it's equal quantities of fruit (boiled vigorously so few nutrients left) and refined white sugar so I'll leave you to work that one out.

I made plum jam last year, it was possibly the most amazing thing ever

M&S do a blueberry conserve.

Sometimes you've just gotta have a piece n jam (for the non-Scots speakers that's a jam sandwich )

Does anyone else have a good check for the fruit and sugar content? Some of the more expensive brands have less fruit than some of the cheaper ones.

I've never had a go at making my own - but remember picking brambles with my Gran for her to make jam. I noticed lots of brambles nearby last year, and it did cross my mind to go picking them to make some, but never got round to it. Would like to try it though...

I think the main barrier to making it is the fact that there's a quite a few seeds in Blackberries. If that doesn't bother you then there's no real reason why it shouldn't work.

Maybe, but that hasn't harmed raspberry jam, has it? I know you can get raspberry jam with or without seeds. The seedless stuff isn't called raspberry jelly, though.
It's a bit odd if you think about it.
Someone on here will know - what is the difference between jam and jelly?
Why is it crab apple jelly and bramble jelly, yet it's strawberry jam and blackcurrant jam?

OK folks, finally tried Morrisons own blackberry (jelly) jam today. It's pretty nice and tasted as I expected, but it's not a patch on Co-Op's own blackcurrant conserve. I'm just chuffed that I got to try it at last.


Duly noted! I'll try that soon.

White currants? Wow! I've never even heard of those!

I must admit to being very partial to jam on toast. Has to be Hartley's Best Jam. Strawberry n' vanilla, black cherry, seedless raspberry or damson. Mmm!

Maybe it's a mum thing. My mum has an allotment and she said she'd got some whitecurrants on the go as well.
Like yourself, I'd never even heard of them before.

I want her to make some jam out of them, and when/if it happens. I'll report back here.

Oh and cherry trees. We've been having fresh red cherry jam this week