Mama Mersydotes's Raspberry Jam

Seems like this summer's been full of berries- on the patio, at the park- and that's been ok with me!

Mama Mersydotes loves berries of all kinds, and she is also an avid and excellent jam maker.  If you can pick it, she can jam it, and nothing in this world can beat her strawberry jam on warm pancakes in the morning or her peach preserves over piping hot oatmeal!

She recently ordered a glorious amount of raspberries from some friends who have a farm a bit north of where she and Papa Mersydotes live, and one afternoon this past weekend, we were lucky to join her for jam making.

My job was to stir and squish the raspberries and sugar together as they heated up to a boil- wow! did that smell good! 

Then into the jars they went, and they are destined for many happy breakfast tables!

Thanks Mom!
~Mersydotes