I am excited to be participating in StephChow’s second annual Jam Exchange!
Last summer I got some really great stuff from my jam partner: Megan’s Cookin’. Megan sent grill seasoning, Lemony-Peach Basil jam, and Raspberry Chocolate ice cream topping. I haven’t cracked the chocolate topping yet, but have used the grill seasoning a lot with our barbecue. The basil was really a nice change of pace from ordinary peach jam. I will probably try to make this pretty soon with the abundance of basil I’ve received from the CSA.
Afterward, Steph and I met up (since we both blog from Rochester) and had lunch with our own mini-exchange. From that encounter I received spiced peach blueberry jam, and apricot jam. Both of which we absolutely loved. In fact I plan on making the blueberry peach spiced jam myself this summer now that both fruits are in season again.
When I saw that Steph was hosting a second jam exchange I got very excited and had to sign up. If you have recently been experimenting with putting food by via jams and jellies, or are an old pro who has been making jam for years, feel free to sign up – she’s taking participants until August 11th on her website: StephChows.com
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I've never heard of a jam swap but what an awesome idea! I bet it's a great way to save money if you make your own.
This is an awesome idea. I'm guessing you get the recipe with it ..so you can make it for yourselft…..later. What a great idea to try out different things. I came here from the Conservative Journal and am quite fancinating with how you have reached your goals thus far. Bravo. Going to check out the rest of your blog. Bye.
Ok, I think I heard of something like this eons ago! It would be fun to do with my friends. I suppose you could do it with anything, but of course a jam or some kind of preservative would last longer than say a banana bread or muffins. It would still be fun! What a great way to be creative and try something new!
~Mimi
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A group of friends and I do something similar. We do cookie/cake swaps, garden swaps (where we swap produce/herbs from one another's gardens), clothing swaps, toy swaps, etc. We've even done pantry item swaps, which was a great way for me to pass on items that I'd gotten (and were still good) but no longer used.
The homemade item swaps are my favorites (cookies, cakes, jams, pickles, chow chow, canned tomatoes, peaches, green beans, etc.) as part of the swap we give the recipes to our items.
That Lemony-Peach Basil jam sounds luscious
I never thought about adding herbs to mine.