Making and Canning Strawberry Jams

Making jams that taste like fruit and have good texture doesn’t have to mean hours of work in a hot kitchen.  Learn how to make tasty, low-sugar jams to can for long storage.  What are the best pectins to use to achieve the best texture?  What is the best sweetener to use?  What is a freezer jam anyway?  Join us to learn the answers to these questions, as well as how to safely process the jam in a boiling water bath. Participants will each leave the class with a jar of jam.

The class will be taught by cookbook author Andrea Chesman, author of the forthcoming book, The Backyard Homesteader’s Guide to Kitchen Know-How.

Directions for Entering the Senior Center at McClure MultiGenerational Center: The McClure Multigenerational Center is located at 241 N. Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT 05401. Classes are held in the kitchen of the Senior Center. Parking is available in the lot directly behind the building (driveway on the right), as well as along the street. Please enter through the side door of the Senior Center, which is along the driveway. All other doors will be locked. If arriving more than 15 minutes late, please tap on the kitchen window, which is also along the driveway, to be let in.