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[–] 111 points 5 months ago (5 children)

i like the implication that bread just grows like that

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  • [–] 44 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Quality shitpost, would comment again.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (28 children)

    I had no idea that jelly is made from grapes. In my almost 50 years on this earth I have never heard of that. There's really no point to my comment, except maybe to serve as a reminder to never take knowledge for granted.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I mean jam is just made from any fruit right? Or is jelly not jam and truly a specific thing?

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    jam is made from mashed fruit, jelly is made from fruit juice. basically the same process except the solids are strained out

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    • Jelly is fruit juice paste made with gelatin or pectin.

    • Jam is the exact same except with mashed bits of fruit.

    • Preserves have whole chunks

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Yes in some other places what we refer to as jello (gelatine-based fruit-flavored wobble) you call jelly. But the jelly in a classic PBJ is assumed to be made from concord grape juice and sugar, jellified by pectin. Do you guys not distinguish between the pectin and gelatin kinds?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (7 children)

    no, the distinction is the same, it's just that from what i've seen of american grape jelly i would call it a jam.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Oof I typed a response with 3 recipe links and lost it so I'll just say jelly is clear bc juice, jam is opaque bc fruit

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (4 children)

    yeah but the grape stuff is somewhere inbetween. it's like semi-opaque.

    the only jelly readily available here is made from red currants, because it's a common side to game, and that thing is basically fully see-through.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Apple jelly is clear, and is the base for mint jelly, but I think maybe y'all use mint sauce instead?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    never had either. apple sauce is more common.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Or, more enjoyably, from raspberries.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I too have had the experience of learning something I just never thought about from childhood on. And I will note that most jelly (and purple grape juice, and Manischewitz passover wine) is made from Concord grapes, which are not the same kind as are usually eaten raw from a grocery store. So no judgement, just curious: do you mean you never noticed the jar says "Concord Grape Jelly" or do you just not eat/encounter jelly?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not in the US. Grape jelly just isn't popular here. You get jam/jelly from all kinds of fruit, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, lemon, blueberry, apricot, peach, ... I just never, ever saw grape jelly. I am sure that you can get it in well-stocked supermarkets, but as I rarely eat jelly, I never came across it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Okay that makes total sense then. The fruits you listed I have mostly seen as jam or marmalade or preserves rather than jelly.

    As a person who doesn't like grape seeds or squashy grapes I don't think I'd like grape jam. I wonder if a winery with extra grape juice made the first grape jelly?

    Concord grapes don't make great wine, but their growers are probably doing better than the fine wineries right now with the wine glut and people pinching pennies with cheap food like PBJs for the kids.

    I grew up in a strawberry town and make my own strawberry jam using my mom's recipe. So even though the "iconic American PBJ" uses grape jelly we always had strawberry jam in ours.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    The fruits you listed I have mostly seen as jam or marmalade or preserves rather than jelly.

    Wait, jelly isn't the just American name for Jam/Preserve? You put wibbly wobbly stuff between slices of bread?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    No, in America we distinguish between "preserves" (berries left whole, except for those that fall apart by themselves, or big chunks of peach or whatnot) "jam" (fruit is mashed, usually has the seeds but can be pushed and scraped through a strainer to remove them, but the pulp remains part of the finished product) and "jelly" (fruit is either juiced and double-strained /filtered before cooking or afterwards, finished product is transparent).

    Marmalade is different because the pith of citrus fruits turns bitter with cooking, so you have to pare off thin strips of rind (the colored skin) and then squeeze the juice, and discard all the pulp before adding the sugar and cooking.

    I'm pretty sure those categories are legal, and probably include percentages of fruit to sugar and water for commercial products, because they're consistent in labeling at the grocery store.

    Edit to add, jello is clear but gelatin not pectin and usually artificial fruit flavor unless you make it yourself from juice.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    I prefer mine well done

    (Peanut butter flavored jelly belly)

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    What do you think the B stands for?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    That's not just rare, that's critically endangered! Extinct in the wild, even!

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Okay I've procrastanated enough

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Technically those peanuts would have been roasted.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    You MONSTER!!!!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Ok William Osman 2 I believe you

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    I thought jelly was made of bone
    You need some crunchy ulnas on there

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I think “deconstructed” is the fancy word?

    Oddly, this could maybe work if you sliced the grapes. Or sliced strawberries.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    There are few things I don't like, peanut butter is one of them. I'd rather eat this (I do like peanuts).

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Procter and Gamble sandwich?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Thats nit rare, thats mythical, - points for overbacked bread

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I want mine still mooing.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    If you change the bread to some type of crackers, this is legit

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Needs more grapes.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    That you bought super chunky peanut butter

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Do You normally use grape jelly for pb&j? I use raspberry.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Your bread is pretty well done. I like mine medium rare.

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