I am thinking of making strawberry jam but cant find pectin - can i use gelatine instead??!
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I think you can buy sugar with pectin in already!. I work in sainsburys and have put out jam making sugar on the shelf!.
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Silver spoon is themake!. Or just ask a collegue!.
hope this helps
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Well, you could - there are plenty of strawberry jam recipes with gelatin!. Personally, though, I think it's a pity to mix delicious berries with a product like gelatin, which is actually rather disgusting when you think about it - it's made from by-products of the meat and leather industries: bones, hides, intestines etc!. from cows and horses!. So you can't serve your jam to your vegetarian friends if you put gelatin in it!.!.!. :-)
I would suggest trying some recipes without pectin or gelatin instead!. Usually the jam turns out a little bit more runny this way, but I personally find that delicious!. You could have a look at these recipes:
http://www!.ehow!.com/how_2298996_make-str!.!.!.
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Strawberry-!.!.!.
But if it is really important to you to have a *very* firm jam, go ahead and use gelatin if you like it!.
Good luck making your strawberry jam!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would suggest trying some recipes without pectin or gelatin instead!. Usually the jam turns out a little bit more runny this way, but I personally find that delicious!. You could have a look at these recipes:
http://www!.ehow!.com/how_2298996_make-str!.!.!.
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Strawberry-!.!.!.
But if it is really important to you to have a *very* firm jam, go ahead and use gelatin if you like it!.
Good luck making your strawberry jam!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I found this on Bon Appetit
Are you talking about fruit-flavored Jell-O or a flavorless gelatine!? Either way, the means by which the two substances thicken is totally different!.
Pectin in a specialized starch that will link to itself and others to form a thick (hesitate to say) "gelatinized" product!.
Jell-O is flavored, so I'd avoid that all together!. It's basically going to give you a Jell-O salad (yuck)!.
Unflafored gelatin will give you a jell-o-like consistency and I would think a rather "thin" jelly rather than what you're used to when you make jam etc!.
Pectin in a natural thickening substance found in fruits (some more than others)!. For preserves, that's what I'd use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Are you talking about fruit-flavored Jell-O or a flavorless gelatine!? Either way, the means by which the two substances thicken is totally different!.
Pectin in a specialized starch that will link to itself and others to form a thick (hesitate to say) "gelatinized" product!.
Jell-O is flavored, so I'd avoid that all together!. It's basically going to give you a Jell-O salad (yuck)!.
Unflafored gelatin will give you a jell-o-like consistency and I would think a rather "thin" jelly rather than what you're used to when you make jam etc!.
Pectin in a natural thickening substance found in fruits (some more than others)!. For preserves, that's what I'd use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
nope, not the same thing!. Pectin is a carbohydrate that sets up with the proper pH and solids content (Aw)!. Gelatin is a protein that sets upon cooling!. You would get a strange kind of matrix of suspended fruit pieces in a gelatin continuous phase!.
I certainly would be different!. I might be good!. But it's definitely not jam!.
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I certainly would be different!. I might be good!. But it's definitely not jam!.
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No, you can't use gelatin!. Pectin can be found in almost every grocery store!. If you can't find it, ask where they keep it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Not if you want to share it with vegetarians!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
you were at the grocers
and you FAILED to ask!.!.!.
how sad !.!.!.
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and you FAILED to ask!.!.!.
how sad !.!.!.
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