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Jams, Preserves, Marmalades, Pickles, Chutneys etc

We've been making jams, chutneys and preserves at home for thirty years and our reasons for doing so are as valid today as when we started

For some time we've run the Allotment Growing web site and have hundreds of recipes on there. As part of our low cost living strategy we've not only grown our own food, but have preserved it as well.

Making jams actually goes back as far as Roman times - although they used honey instead of sugar. Without our modern knowledge of bacteria and sterilisation, preserves were a risky business but nowadays it's easy to make really tasty high-quality preserves at home.

Home Made Jam

Val Harrison making marmalade

There's no better time to go shopping than just after Christmas when the shops are stuck with unsold goodies.

We pick up some great bargains on oranges, clementines etc and turn them into marmalade.

In the summer, a day's blackberry picking will soon be turned into pounds of fantastic jam. Food for Free!

Home made preserves make the perfect gift - in fact our family and friends look quite disappointed if they get a shop bought present instead of our home made jam or chutney.

Our Preserve Recipes

In an age when most things are available straight off the supermarket shelf at a low price, you may wonder why it is worth the bother of making your own. After all, you can pick up a jar of jam or pickle easily enough in any supermarket.

Well, just try and pick up a jar of chilli jam that adds both bite and sweetness to a cheese sandwich or lemon & mustard seed chutney to accompany grilled fish.

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