1 bottle Certo
To prepare fruit, peel about 3 pounds fully ripe fruit. Grind or chop very fine. If desired, about 3 teaspoons spice may be added. (If peaches lack tartness, add ¼ cup lemon juice in addition to 4 cups prepared fruit.) Measure sugar and prepared fruit, tightly packed, into large kettle, mix well, and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove kettle from fire and stir in Certo. Stir and skim for 5 minutes. Pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each).
FRESH PINEAPPLE JAM
4 cups (2 lbs.) prepared fruit
7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar
1 bottle Certo
To prepare fruit, pare 2 medium fully ripe pineapples. Chop very fine or grind, using finest knife of food chopper. Measure sugar and prepared fruit into large kettle, mix well, and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from fire and stir in Certo. Stir and skim for 5 minutes. Pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each).
RHUBARB JAM
3 cups (1½ lbs.) prepared fruit
5 cups (2¼ lbs.) sugar