irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoJust opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down110
arrow-up1356arrow-down1imageJust opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.lemmy.dbzer0.comirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 hours agoThat’s what you get with berries concentrate (a supply-chain thing) and sugar. But not so with self-made jam. Mold hates acidic environments. The jam rather dries out than getting moldy.
minus-squareEl care ñá@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoNot true. My mom’s jams get moldy all the time. Maybe not all jams are acidic enough.
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThe lice hate the powdered sugar.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoMy moms jams do get moldy though.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 minutes agoWhat jam is it? My mom is a farmer and makes all kinds of jam, never saw mold there the last 30 years.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoAll sorts really. She’s a farmer also. She gives me a lot and I tend to forget them in the fridge. I can tell you plum jam has mold. She adds little sugar, maybe that’s a reason.
minus-squareEl care ñá@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMaybe your dad properly sterilizes his jars.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI know she pasteurizes some foods and sterilizes others, don’t know which for jams
That’s what you get with berries concentrate (a supply-chain thing) and sugar.
But not so with self-made jam. Mold hates acidic environments. The jam rather dries out than getting moldy.
Not true. My mom’s jams get moldy all the time. Maybe not all jams are acidic enough.
The lice hate the powdered sugar.
My moms jams do get moldy though.
What jam is it? My mom is a farmer and makes all kinds of jam, never saw mold there the last 30 years.
All sorts really. She’s a farmer also. She gives me a lot and I tend to forget them in the fridge. I can tell you plum jam has mold.
She adds little sugar, maybe that’s a reason.
Maybe your dad properly sterilizes his jars.
I know she pasteurizes some foods and sterilizes others, don’t know which for jams