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Fruit that surrendered to sugar and came back immortal in a jar.
means A thick, sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it sets into a sticky, jar-ready preserve.
from From the verb 'jam,' meaning to press or squeeze tightly together — which is exactly what you do to the fruit. The word likely echoes the sound and sense of cramming something into a tight space, and by the early 18th century it had stuck to the crushed-fruit conserve. The same root that lets you jam your foot in a door lets you jam strawberries into a jar.
- shelf science
- High sugar starves bacteria, preserving fruit for years
- set point
- Jam jells at exactly 220°F
- music slang
- Improvised sessions earned the name in 1920s jazz
- traffic twin
- Same word jams cars and toast alike
- pectin power
- Apple cores and citrus peels hold natural gelling agents
for instance
wimbledon strawberry jam — tiptree jam served at the all england club since 1877, official supplier to the tournament