Our friends at Cooking up a Story are cooking up strawberry jam. This video features Marge Braker of the aptly-named food school "Preserve" (Portland, OR) making small-batch strawberry jam. In case you missed the ingredient list, it's short and, yes, sweet:

3 cups fresh sliced stawberries (4 cups whole berries)
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon of diced candied ginger (optional)

Clearly, you can scale the recipe up to make more, but Marge makes a good case for the convenience of thinking small. Whether your plans are big or small, this video gives an excellent overview of the jam making process.

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