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"Here is a basic strawberry jam recipe; no-cook. Once you try this and see how easy it is, you'll never buy commercial strawberry jam again!"

Ingredients: fruit pectin, strawberries...

"This is a simple recipe and posted per recipe request. The recipe doesn't state if you should peel and core the pears before cooking them, I would definitely not skip this step, I think the pear peels would make some pretty gritty preserves."

Ingredients: lemons, pears, sugar...

"Use fresh strawberries, only freshly cracked black pepper, and the best balsamic you can afford. I actually prefer it with just the balsamic and strawberries. Recipe is from Gourmet."

Ingredients: cracked black pepper, strawberries...

"This smells amazing while it cooks! It serves two purposes really, yummy to eat and a great room scent!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg...

"Very tangy, not too sweet! Heaven must taste like this. Got this from the NPR website, with a story about going to pick the apricots at the orchard every summer.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12195825
Note: I pack the apricot halves firmly into the measuring cup so they are bursting full when I measure them. If you..."

Ingredients: sugar, lemons...

"Zesty zukes with gusto that you will relish!
Most the sodium is washed away. As for the leftover infused vinegar you can dress cabbage for coleslaw use it for basting grilled meats."

Ingredients: dill seeds, garlic powder...

"Ataulfo mangoes are only available in the Toronto area from late March until September. I don't know what the availability is in other regions. They are 8 to 10 inches long with an oblong round-bottom shape and a gold-blushed yellow skin. The juicy flesh inside is yellowy-orange, creamy smooth, free of fibrous stringiness (which can set off allergies..."

Ingredients: granulated sugar, mangoes...

"This unique marmalade is spicy good. Using an overabundance of home grown zucchini and hot peppers. Orange and chili do complement each other and work great in this. Serve on cream cheese with crackers or glaze chicken, salmon, or ribs at the end of cooking with the marmalade. using a food processor to shred the zucchini and apples is an easy way to..."

Ingredients: granny smith apples, calendula flowers...

"This Azerbaijani recipe is a traditional recipe for making fig jam. This jam is eaten with a teaspoon to accompany tea or as a special treat, spread on buttered white bread and served at breakfast."

Ingredients: citric acid, sugar...

"This recipe has been adapted from another homesteader in the UK. It uses native grapes to my area and locally grown in my front yard. I substituted local agave nectar for the sugar at a ratio of 1 cup sugar to 3/4 cup agave sugar. It is enough to preserve a dozen 1/2 pint jelly jars. Each jar has 16 servings of 1 Tbsp."

Ingredients: grapes, agave nectar, water...

"The figs can be placed in the food processor to crush by pulsing till mushy with some chunks. Using a candy Thermometer will help knowing the setting point, which is at 220 degrees. This has an optional Grand Marnier for a little extra treat."

Ingredients: bottled lemon juice, Grand Marnier...

"Love blueberries...and now is a good time to make this."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, lemon juice...

"Don't throw away that watermelon rind! Save it for my pickles! Just have your washed watermelon cut into one inch wide slices and serve only the pulp, cutting the rind into one inch squares (or if you are ambitious, different shapes). Squares are easiest. Make sure you peel the rind and trim it of most of the pink. I like the seedless watermelons..."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, cinnamon sticks...

"Sweet but lower in sugar jam with a hint of orange, cinnamon and cardamom. Fill a cake or cookies, top toast or crakers, serve with a pork roast."

Ingredients: cinnamon, bottled lemon juice...