What really sold me on the deal was when I compared the ingredient list. Smuckers has high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup listed above sugar. Mine obviously has plenty of sugar, but no corn syrups!
The other nice part is I really enjoy canning. JD did the strawberry cutting and cleaning the first day with me, but James and Tori volunteered to do most of day two's prep work.
I also figured out that while it was about $1.28 a jar at $1 a pound, it really only goes up 37 cents a jar if the strawberries cost $1.50 a pound. I've bought several pounds at that price all year, and I think it's still well worth it at that price.
Now it will be interesting to see how many jars we actually go through a year. 40 jars of salsa is exactly what we need for a full year, but I don't know about jam. We may be making more next year!
That's an impressive amount of jam!
ReplyDeletei a so jealous!!!! i am on a hunt for strawberries this weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks sooo yummy!
ReplyDeleteWow, good job!
ReplyDeleteI sent you an e-mail with my address awhile back, and just now sent one again based on your comment. Let me know if it comes thru this time! I copy pasted the e-mail address, but I thought I did that time. :0)
I like canning alot. Especially since you know what is in the jars. No weird stuff. Hope Gabe and Alei gets home soon and safe! Blessings
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