My Jam Runneth Over, A.k.a. I Have No Idea How Long It Takes For Jam To Boil Over and Destroy My Stove

Laurie Nguyen:

One of my earliest posts about making Strawberry Preserves.

Originally posted on My Foray Into Food Storage:

I was making jam on Saturday.  I’ve done it many times, and because I have made it so many times, I’ve become a bit lackadaisical about it.  I used to stand over it the entire time it cooked.  Not this time.  Instead of being an attentive jammer, I stepped away from the stove for just a second to double check the recipe on my computer, and I got caught up reading other people’s blogs.  Bad move, Laurie!  How long was I away?  I have no idea.  It wasn’t more than 5 minutes, but 5 minutes is a long time when something is boiling on the stove.

Then I heard the dreaded ” pan boiling over” sound.  I found this when I removed my pan from the stove to avoid burning the jam on my stove’s burner, making it practically impossible to remove.  I know this because I’ve done this…

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