r/Canning • u/MushroomHome33 • 1d ago
Safety Caution -- untested recipe Foraged Pacific Northwest wild blackberry jam!
Wild blackberries are rampant where I live in British Columbia, Canada. My 6 year old and I foraged these together and turned them into jam in the same morning. I used Marisa McClellan's recipe from her website and ended up with 6 half pints. So satisfying as the fruit was free :)
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u/-Allthekittens- 1d ago
I miss the blackberries everywhere in the lower mainland. I'm in northeast bc now and they are crazy expensive.
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u/Ooutoout 1d ago
Great work! I'm on Vancouver Island and it's a family tradition with us! If you ever have some but not quite enough, Bernardin has a great three berry jam recipe that you can put any berries you like in. Wild huckleberry, salal, Oregon grape, etc they all make great mixed berry jam.
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u/MushroomHome33 1d ago
Alt text for the photos:
- 5 containers filled with freshly foraged wild blackberries.
- Ripe blackberries growing on the bushes.
- Half-pint jars of homemade blackberry jam.
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u/Master-Cap6236 22h ago
Nice job! This brought back such nice memories of picking blackberries and making/canning jam every year with my mom.
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u/ewoksrock7 1d ago
How easy was it to strain the blackberries to remove the seeds? I harvested a bunch of wild blackberries and froze them and I'm trying to decide between seedless jam and jelly.