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Red Onion Marmalade

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Woodman indicated he would be doing his own can jam this month but I don't see that happening!  Best laid plans and all that.  That said, I have completed my mission for the month.  I wasn't sure what to do with onions, which is the only allium I felt like canning.  A few months ago I did Tigress' Onion Tickled Pink which I highly recommend.  These are the greatest condiment ever.  But alas, they are not really a canning item.  Just a make and eat - keep in the fridge kind of thing so would not qualify for the a Can Jam entry since there is no water bath canning.  Of course you might be able to can them I will have to check into that. I wanted something sweet anyway so I searched and searched for recipes.  The Ball Blue Book's Red Onion Marmalade with 4 cups of sugar looked like it would do the trick.  So I started the process, wanting to get it in early so Tigress could get her part done before her busy work schedule.  It was the least I could do since she does such

Onions! Alliums?

March Can Jam is Onions. DD and I have an issue though, she wants something sweet, and I want something savory.... I am voting for dueling household can jamming!! While I have helped can a gazillion times (Ok a couple dozen or so), I have mostly been the one cutting things up and mashing things together and stuff like that, pure sweat shop labor. This will be the first time I have tried the whole process from start to finish. Thursday DD put up some spaghetti sauce. Big can of tomato sauce, big can of crushed tomatoes, garlic, basil and oregano. 7 quarts of spaghetti sauce for about $7. Friday was our youngest daughter's birthday. The big THREE!! We let her pick out her cake. Strawberry cake with strawberry icing, strawberry orange juice, vanilla ice cream with strawberry syrup..... I guess it's a strawberry kind of birthday.