Comments on: Reading labels: strawberry jam http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/24/reading-labels-strawberry-jam/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Strawberry Buttercream Recipe | From Scratch http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/24/reading-labels-strawberry-jam/#comment-5389 Strawberry Buttercream Recipe | From Scratch Mon, 04 May 2009 11:43:51 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3145#comment-5389 [...] is the recipe I was tinkering with when I discovered Smucker’s sells a healthier version of its strawberry jam in Canada. It’s the companion recipe to the Strawberry Shortcake [...] [...] is the recipe I was tinkering with when I discovered Smucker’s sells a healthier version of its strawberry jam in Canada. It’s the companion recipe to the Strawberry Shortcake [...]

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/24/reading-labels-strawberry-jam/#comment-5361 ellaella Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:06:13 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3145#comment-5361 The name escapes me, but I've bought that brand with the checkered lid many times. Good stuff. How sad is it that your store brand's first ingredient is <em>sugar</em>?? Wow. Enjoy the fig preserves -- oooooh! The name escapes me, but I’ve bought that brand with the checkered lid many times. Good stuff. How sad is it that your store brand’s first ingredient is sugar?? Wow.

Enjoy the fig preserves — oooooh!

]]> By: tess http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/24/reading-labels-strawberry-jam/#comment-5360 tess Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:04:04 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3145#comment-5360 I looked at some jams, no Canadian ones, but the ones from France, Denmark and Poland had labels with ingredients like the Canadian jam. I got so tempted that I bought a jar of French fig preserves. The store brand strawberry jam had sugar listed as the first ingredient, and no corn syrup. The fig preserves have a red and white checkered lid just like the Smuckers…comparison stops there. <abbr><em>tess’s last blog post..<a href="http://1tess.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/hirokos-moms-and-sisters-beef-tongue-stew/" rel="nofollow">Hiroko’s Mom’s and Sister’s Beef Tongue Stew</a></em></abbr> I looked at some jams, no Canadian ones, but the ones from France, Denmark and Poland had labels with ingredients like the Canadian jam. I got so tempted that I bought a jar of French fig preserves. The store brand strawberry jam had sugar listed as the first ingredient, and no corn syrup. The fig preserves have a red and white checkered lid just like the Smuckers…comparison stops there.

tess’s last blog post..Hiroko’s Mom’s and Sister’s Beef Tongue Stew

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