It's a hot, sticky, sweaty mess making jam in the searing December heat. Plums were imported from the fruit-laden branches of our neighbours' large tree that hang over the boundary wall into our garden. Efficiency was not helped by the interruption of operations by a small child who claimed to have broken a nose during bedtime high jinks. After sympathy had been dispensed and child resumed high jinks with no broken nose, I spent an hour stirring continuously. It tastes fabulous. But output was appalling - two small jars and one large - after an hour and a half's labour. I was considering Sam's Jams as my brand, but reckon I should stick to my day job and leave jam to the experts. In South Africa, jam making is a big industry, valued at about R1.8-billion. And if the links with glass-bottle and can manufacturers (most jam is sold in tins), as well as fruit farmers, are factored in, that simple tin of jam has quite an impact. Rhodes Food is the largest producer of jam in the country, ...
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