Gooseberry Jam

[237SJ]

Anyone eaten it - is it nice? I need to make some jam for a charity stall this weekend and I see that gooseberries are in season. I haven't eaten a gooseberry since I was a child and I picked some that were overhanging my Gran's meadow and developed a rash. That kind of put me off.

[AB Editor]

I think it's lovely, but would prefer a bucket of fresh Goosberries

[Flonska]

Gooseberries are high in pectin. This might have caused the reaction you expereinced.

http://www.instah.com/allergies/gooseberry-allergy-symptoms-and-treatment/

Gooseberry Jam (Goosgog - as we used to call it) is lovely. Especially if you like it "tart" and makes your mouth pucker.

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/23824/easy-gooseberry-jam.aspx

[Flonska]

sorry . . that should have read . . . experienced

[237SJ]

Thanks for the replies and the recipe. I might make gooseberry and elderflower. I`ll have to go in search of gooseberries now.

[gingejbee]

Love it.....we buy Waitrose's own-label. Don't forget that it won't be green-coloured....!

[jourdain2]

Love gooseberries on their own . Mum made delicious gooseberry jam in the 50's - kept us going.

[Toorak]

I will be making mine in a month or so - gooseberry jam is lovely

[237SJ]

I have had to settle for making strawberry as the gooseberry man in the market had gone home when I got there.

[Toorak]

Gooseberry chutney is really nice too

[Jackdaw33]

I too have never eaten them since a child. Come to that I can't remember when I last saw any in the shops.

[marval]

My Mum used to make lovely gooseberry fool.

[mazie]

Rhubarb and ginger is a great jam. Never made gooseberry, might give it a go this year

[237SJ]

I made rhubarb and ginger jam last month. It was lovely.

[Toorak]

I will be making strawberry first - from our local pick your own farm - then gooseberry when our own fruit ripens

[Toorak]

I love rhubarb and ginger but the rhubarb we planted last year is still looking a bit pathetic :-(

[237SJ]

I'm waiting until I can get home at the end of July and pick whortleberries on Exmoor and make jam from them. My God, there is nothing like whortleberry jam and I sure as hell won't be giving them to anybody else.

[EcclesCake]

My husband would wrestle your arm off for a jar of goosegog jam. Particularly if they are red ones.

[mazie]

Strawberry and Rhubard and ginger made. Raspberry next...can't decide on goosegog or blueberry. I keep the kids in jam all year, so it's a busy time :o)

[mazie]

You don't seem to see the red goosegogs these days Eccles, well not up here anyway. My Dad used to grow them in his allotment years ago, they were lovely

[Toorak]

What about tayberry Maizie - ever tried that?