Blackberry Jam

Today the eight cups of wild blackberries in my fridge became 6 pints of blackberry jam (although it might be a wee bit closer to blackberry sauce than jam; no matter).

First the well-washed berries went into the bowl (actually they were already washed and in the bowl from yesterday).

Next they were mashed up with a potato masher – next time I’ll leave more whole berries.

Lots of sugar went into the pot on top of the berries. Lemon juice went in as well, un-photographed.

After about 30 minutes of cooking time, the jam went into clean hot jars and was processed in a hot water bath for 25 minutes.