Jelly is pseudo jam. Jelly wishes is was jam. Actually, jelly is what you make with crystals and set in the fridge. Its a dessert.
I had a laugh at this since soon after I joined here someone said to me that for lunch they had consumed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; erm what!!! After a while (UK here) I became aware that jelly is in UK terms jam. Initially I thought that member was nuts!!
Jam is made from the whole fruit.
Jelly is made from just the juice of the fruit.
Preserves are bits of fruit saved in their own juices and (usually) preservative chemicals to prolong their life...the chemicals are also thickening agents that give them that gel-like consistency that makes us confuse them with jam and jelly. They're also combinations of different fruits and can be infused with spices and such. You can make some really amazing fruit/flavor combinations with preserves.
I know this because making jams and jellies and preservatives is a hobby of my mom's, which she got from my grandmother...and kinda/sorta passed it on to me, although I'm not as big of an enthusiast as the two of them. This thread's making me all nostalgic.
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When I started buying my own groceries, I realized I couldn't tell which of two "flavors" my parent had been buying. Finally, I decided if I couldn't tell, it probably didn't make that big a difference. Same with this.
Preserve is just bits of cooked fruit in jam, and conserve is dried fruit seeped in jelly (jam). If in doubt, ask your Gran.
Conserve is vegetables in jars or cans.
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Hey... pssst.... that's an l (as in luscious) at the end of my name, not an i Sorry, can't help here but I do know a joke about Jam....
A man was very lonely after his wife had died and decided to get a pet to keep him company. He went to the pet shop and the owner took him around the shop to try and find the pet he wanted. The man didn't like any of them until the pet shop owner showed him a hamster. The pet shop owner said "This is a special hamster when it dies you can make really good raspberry jam out of it."
So the man thought this sounded good and bought the hamster. The next day the hamster died. The man was annoyed, but he remembered the pet shop owner comment, so he decided to make raspberry jam out of it. The next morning he ate the jam with his toast for breakfast. It tasted so horrible that he spat it out of the window, then threw the rest of the pot out as well. The next day there were lots of bright red tulips out growing outside the window.
And the moral of the story ................ you get Tulips from Hamster-jam !
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Having made jam and jellies since I was young, here is the scoop...
Jelly: fruit juice only. No pulp or skins.
Jam: whole fruit, crushed, most includes skins.
Preserves: fancy name for jam
All are yummy! This year, I tried something new, since I had way too many cantaloupe from the garden... I made jam out of it.. YUM! Summer in a jar!