July 22, 1941 (Tuesday)

HELEN TURN 24. EDNA MAKES JAM.

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Nice day getting warmer.

This is Helen's 24th birthday.

Henry went to Road Comm

meeting.

Alice gave me 7 qts. or

red raspberries -

made jam. 9 pints.

Had a hard shower of

rain accompanied with a

hard gust of wind.

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Every year at Christmastime, my mother wraps up a box filled with homemade jams; peach and strawberry. It is always my family's favorite gift.

According to A Modern Kitchen Guide, published in 1940, "Jelly making, as practiced in the the home, is an art—an art founded on scientific principles."

I am sure Edna had mastered the art of making jam.

My mom has mastered the art as well. She makes pretty splendid jam.

I do love raspberry jam. Mom reads this blog so maybe next Christmas our box will contain a few jars of raspberry jam along with the peach and strawberry.