Jam & Chutney
Below is a list of all the jam and chutney flavours I've got in stock. If you'd like to buy some, just let me know.
Standard jars are £1.50 and anything larger or smaller is priced appropriately. Fifty pence from each jar sold goes to cover costs and everything else is given to charity.
- Status: Available
- Release date: November 2011
- Estimated expiry date: November 2012
- Size: Standard (340g-454g) and small (225g) jars
- Quantity: 3 standard and 1 small jar left
- Notes: Thanks to Trea and Tim for the apples
- Status: Available
- Release date: September 2011
- Estimated expiry date: September 2012
- Size: Standard (340g-454g)
- Quantity: 4 jars left
- Status: Available
- Release date: September 2011
- Estimated expiry date: September 2012
- Size: Standard (340g-454g) and small (225g) jars
- Quantity: 3 standard and 1 small jar left
- Notes: Thanks to Rebecca for the rhubarb
- Status: Available
- Release date: September 2011
- Estimated expiry date: September 2012
- Size: Small jars (225g)
- Quantity: 5 jars left
- Notes: Thanks to Mary and Peter for the courgettes
- Status: Last few jars remaining
- Release date: July 2011
- Estimated expiry date: June 2012
- Size: Standard (340g-454g) jars
- Quantity: 1 jar left
- Notes: Thanks to Dad for the grapes
- Status: Last few jars remaining
- Release date: December 2010
- Estimated expiry date: December 2011
- Size: Small jars (225g)
- Quantity: 1 jar left
- Notes: Thanks to Mary and Peter for the damsons
Money raised through the sale of jams and chutneys is shared between a small group of charities.
So far this year we've raised:
£107
Generally, the money is divided evenly between the North West Air Ambulance and Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association.
Exceptions to this include sales of Lemon Curd, where the money goes to the British Heart Foundation (in memory of Seaweed Neal), and money raised during November 2010 which was given to the Movember Foundation.
The following flavours will be available as soon as I've got (a) enough jars, (b) all the ingredients and (c) enough time:
- Jasmine Tea & Lime Jelly
- Tomato, Apple & Chilli Chutney
- Strawberry & Rhubarb
I like making jam. I also like making chutney. The trouble is you can't always make small quantities of it, especially when you've got lots of fruit or vegetables to use up.
I've tried giving it away to people and that worked for a while, but there's only so much jam or chutney a person can eat in a given period. When you offer people stuff for free, they feel like they should accept even if they don't want it - not to do so could make them sound both crazy and rude.
So I stopped pestering people but the jam kept piling up.
Finally I decided that the only way to get rid of it was to sell it for charity. That way, people can choose to buy some if they want to and they'll feel good because they're giving to a good cause.
It won't raise a lot but every little helps.
