4-H: 100 years of skills club makes jam
The 4-H 100 Years of Skills Club held their third meeting at Butt’s Berry farm on the fifth line of Eramosa on July 4.
June Switzer asked the club to pick 21 quarts of berries, one for each member present that day, to make strawberry jam but instead they picked 31 quarts!
They then went to Mimosa Church and were put into groups of three to prepare the strawberry jam. First they washed and hulled the berries then mashed them.
They then added sugar. One group added a little too much sugar! Next, they added Pectin to help thicken the jam and put it on the stove. One club member watched the stove while the others washed and prepared the warm jars. They filled the jars and sealed the lids.
They ended with the 4-H motto.
