Jam with a Furry Coat
Dear Aunt Daisy, This year, for the first time, my pots of home-made plum jam have developed a furry coating on top. I have about fifteen pots in this condition, and feel very worried, especially as sugar is so short. My neighbour, too, tells me her jam is the same. My jam is kept in the same cupboard as I have used for several years, without ever having this trouble before. Can you help? Palmerston North.
How strange that the jam should form mildew this year-perhaps the plums were gathered while wet-some people say that can cause it. However, I would scrape off the mildew, then brush the top of the jam with vinegar, and fit on rounds of white paper dipped in vinegar, before covering the pots again. Many people do always take this precaution when potting their jams; the vinegar jprevents mould. Another idea is to add a pinch of tartaric acid to jam just before it is cooked.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 27
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