Why don't supermarkets sell Blackberry jam?

nicensleazy

I just can't find Blackberry jam in the supermarket. You sometimes see Blackberry jelly, but not the actual jam with all the bits in. A few years ago, it was available on the shelves, but sadly not anymore!

Art Vandelay

Reminds me of a song by the Move.

SteppenHerring

Without wishing to get too technical, you can't make a good jam out of pure blackberry - it doesn't have enough pectin in to set properly. A lot of blackberry jelly you see is likely to be blackberry and apple because that sets. Blackcurrants, however, are a different kettle of fruit.

prawny

nicensleazy wrote:

I just can't find Blackberry jam in the supermarket. You sometimes see Blackberry jelly, but not the actual jam with all the bits in. A few years ago, it was available on the shelves, but sadly not anymore!

Do they have Bramble jelly instead? That#s what I used to have, same stuff innit, yummy!

redvee

They should have stuck to jam and not branched out into PDAs

fungus_the_muffin_man

I thought that the blackberry jam I bought from Aldi was called Jam I'll have to go and have a look now :?

Red Rock

I like Tiptree's range of conserves (jam) and they do a nice Wild Blueberry, but my favourite is the Ginger Spread.

http://www.tiptree.com/

Enjoy.

onlyonearrow

My parents used to make 'blackberry cheese'. It was like jelly, but instead of the fruit being strained through muslin, it was forced through a sieve. This made it cloudier than jelly but removed the seeds. I guess supermarkets would call it seedless jam nowadays.

Fantastic on hot toast!

Stewie Griffin

Hartley's Best, available at Sainsburys, thankfully.

airborne_warrior

To keep the PC brigade happy they've now changed it to colouredberry jam.

skyd0g

Stewie Griffin wrote:

Hartley's Best, available at Sainsburys, thankfully.

...and Tesco's

Stewie Griffin

Airborne Warrior wrote:

To keep the PC brigade happy they've now changed it to colouredberry jam.

Silly Jam manufacturers then as I dont know one black person that would rather be called coloured than black :? .

pepelepew

Airborne Warrior wrote:

To keep the PC brigade happy they've now changed it to colouredberry jam.

We have to call Black Friday 'Bleak' Friday now. So it will have to be Bleakberry jam!

DavidBelcher

onlyonearrow wrote:

My parents used to make 'blackberry cheese'. It was like jelly, but instead of the fruit being strained through muslin, it was forced through a sieve. This made it cloudier than jelly but removed the seeds. I guess supermarkets would call it seedless jam nowadays.

Fantastic on hot toast!

Lemon curd - and its rarer orange cousin - sometimes goes by the name of 'lemon cheese'; did this stuff have a similar sort of consistency? Better stop writing about lemon curd now, haven't had any for years (works quite well on toast etc. - there's more to it than just filling up the yellow ones in a pack of Kipling jam tarts) and am getting peckish....

David

DavidBelcher

Stewie Griffin wrote:

Hartley's Best, available at Sainsburys, thankfully.

As a kid I can well remember pulling whole strawberries out of a jar of Hartley's, proof that the stuff actually used real fruit rather than being chock-full of artificial flavours, red food dye and sugar. Is their modern stuff still up to the same standard? Haven't bought any of their jams for years.

David

prawny

pepelepew wrote:

Airborne Warrior wrote:

To keep the PC brigade happy they've now changed it to colouredberry jam.

We have to call Black Friday 'Bleak' Friday now. So it will have to be Bleakberry jam!

Isn't that what south africans call blackberry jam?

Shall I get my coat? It's raining out.

nicensleazy

Cheers...I'm off to Sainsburys!

DVV

Supermarket blackberry jelly tastes too weak IMO. Grr.

Stewie Griffin

DavidBelcher wrote:

As a kid I can well remember pulling whole strawberries out of a jar of Hartley's, proof that the stuff actually used real fruit rather than being chock-full of artificial flavours, red food dye and sugar. Is their modern stuff still up to the same standard? Haven't bought any of their jams for years.

David

Not a big Strawberry jam fan but there must be some in the fridge, will check and report later.

skinson

Most jams these days have about 35% fruit content. I have a feeling conserves may have a little more but don't quote me on it!
Dave

balthazar

Ok it's blackcurrant, but it's good...

onlyonearrow

DavidBelcher wrote:

onlyonearrow wrote:

My parents used to make 'blackberry cheese'. It was like jelly, but instead of the fruit being strained through muslin, it was forced through a sieve. This made it cloudier than jelly but removed the seeds. I guess supermarkets would call it seedless jam nowadays.

Fantastic on hot toast!

Lemon curd - and its rarer orange cousin - sometimes goes by the name of 'lemon cheese'; did this stuff have a similar sort of consistency? Better stop writing about lemon curd now, haven't had any for years (works quite well on toast etc. - there's more to it than just filling up the yellow ones in a pack of Kipling jam tarts) and am getting peckish....

David

It was more jelly than Lemon curd. You could have cut it with a knife.
I'm going to have to get hold of the recipe from my mum!

wiffachip

sleazy, i'm getting a bit worried, i think you are me

had some blackberry jam and bread tonight, made the bread meself as well

campbells condensed cream of celery soup anyone ?

37monkey

my local shop sells allsorts of jam including "Wortleberry" it's the Devonshire name for billberrys

fungus_the_muffin_man

DVV wrote:

Supermarket blackberry jelly tastes too weak IMO. Grr.

Get yourself to aldi. Theirs is tangtastic

Le Commentateur

Red Rock wrote:

I like Tiptree's range of conserves (jam) and they do a nice Wild Blueberry, but my favourite is the Ginger Spread.

http://www.tiptree.com/

Enjoy.

They make the best marmalade in the universe too: Orange & Tangerine.

Unlike Tiptree, most manufacturers use a glucose-fructose ingredient derived from corn syrup that reduces costs but affects the flavour of the product -- less of a problem for e.g. strawberry jams but for tart flavours like blackberry they can taste overly sweet.

freehub

Anyone had Redberry jam?

jc4lab

Morrisons definiitely sell it as part of their 5 for £1 tiny jars range

passout

nicensleazy wrote:

I just can't find Blackberry jam in the supermarket. You sometimes see Blackberry jelly, but not the actual jam with all the bits in. A few years ago, it was available on the shelves, but sadly not anymore!

They have to 'conserve' stocks ............................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................I'll get my coat.............