Jam Making Workshop
July 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$40.00 – $45.00
Jam Making Workshop
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Blueberries? Raspberries? Onions? Always wanted to know how to turn fruit and sugar into delicious jam, join us as we go Jammin’ at Enfield Shaker Museum.
In this Jam Making Workshop, you will learn the process and safety guidelines for canning jam in your home kitchen. Sue Jukosky and Nan Munsey will show you an easy way to preserve the bounty of your garden or farmers’ market with just basic kitchen skills. Learn the secrets of creating jams, preserves, and jelly while you process 3 kinds of fruits and vegetables. Take home recipes, jams, tips for making your own delicious preserves.
Once you have learned the basics, the possibilities are endless!
Limited to 8 participants. Advance registration required.
Museum Members – $40/person (materials included)
Non-Members – $45/person (materials included)
Shaker Jam and Preserve Making:
The Shaker kitchen sisters were renowned for their culinary skills as much as Shaker brothers were known for their agricultural excellence. The need for large scale food preservation came as a result of the need to feed the entire Shaker community throughout the year with the abundance of the summer and fall harvest.
Enfield Shaker sister Melissa Chase wrote to Elder Henry Greene at the Alfred, Maine Shaker Village in January of 1875 to tell him of her productivity in the kitchen at Enfield Shaker Village.
Enfield NH
Jan 3rd, 1875
Now dear brother you asked me to write you when I had finished canning my fruit, and inform you how many bottles I filled. I have seven hundred stored away in the cellar, some are quite small, the largest hold but 2 quarts, not a great abundance but enough I think to make us quite comfortable until the harvest time comes again.
One point I forgot to mention which may prove to you that my time is fully occupied thro’ each successive day. Since I have been in the kitchen which is six weeks tomorrow I have made 100 and 50 gallons of sour cider sauce to sell besides giving my attention to the kitchen duties as a care sister.
