Canning on SCD

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I know there's a recipe for jam on the pecanbread site. But I'm wondering if

it's possible to can with honey instead of sugar by simply substituting the

sugar with honey. Has anyone done this before? I have a peach tree in my

front yard that decided to have quite a bountiful year of production and

need to get them preserved somehow! Also, does anyone know if pectin is

legal?

Thanks for any help,

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[Guest guest]

Pectin is not legal. My mom used to can fruits with no sweetener at

all, so I would imagine that honey would be fine. Try a small amount

because the measurements for honey will probably give a different

amount of sweetness than sugar--I believe honey is sweeter.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

,

Pectin is NOT legal! (Neither is any recipe which

calls for cooking apple peelings in with the

fruit, as the peels have high levels of pectin,

and you'll be concentrating it in the jam.)

There are books on canning with honey -- and a

friend of mine has made some really luscious

stuff with it. The one thing you have to do is

adjust your honey amounts to balance the sugar and water amounts called for.

I haven't actually experimented with it. Yet.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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