TIP OF THE DAY: Mold In Jelly & Jam

Invader alert: white mold growing in jelly. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   A couple of months ago, we noticed two cottony puffs of white mold growing in a jar of Smucker’s Concord Grape Fruit Spread. We wrote to Smucker’s asking if it was safe to eat, and what caused the mold. We…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Jelly

Use jelly as a cake filling, or melt and drizzle it over an unfrosted cake. Photo courtesy HarlequinCandy.Blogspot.com.   Beyond breakfast, look to jelly, jam and other fruit spreads for recipes and entertaining. They can be paired with just about anything to add a bright, sweet kick. Chef Mark Dowling of LearntoCook.com has tutorials, recipes…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Single Malt Marmalade, Jam With Spirits

We recently received a gift shipment of jams from Blake Hill Preserves of Grafton, Vermont, artisanal producers of chutneys, jams and marmalades. The fruits are sourced from local farms in season, when they’re perfectly ripe. Every batch is prepared by hand in a Vermont cottage kitchen. The four jars we received were equally delicious. The…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mix Your Own Fruit Yogurt

We were excited to receive a shipment of all the flavors of Smucker’s premium line of preserves, Orchard’s Finest. We reached for the blueberry preserves—we rarely see a jar of blueberry preserves or jam—and ate it from the spoon. It was a bit too sweet to mainline, but we grabbed a carton of plain Greek…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY #2: Smucker’s Orchard’s Finest Preserves

Do you love trying new fruit-flavored spreads on toast or PB&J sandwiches? Do you like to fill layer cakes with preserves? Do you like adding preserves to your barbecue sauce, or using it to make a pan reduction sauce for meat and poultry?* Regardless of how you enjoy your preserves, you’ll be enjoying more flavors…
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