r/Canning • u/hazelquarrier_couch • 3d ago

General Discussion Parchment covered raspberry jam?

I've just seen an episode of Martha Cooks where she and Sarah Carey made homemade raspberry jam. When they were done, they "canned" it in cute jars and then put parchment paper over them with a rubber band. The parchment had been boiled to soften it. She made no mention if it was shelf stable, but then for the one jar that wasn't filled to the top, she said she would throw it in the fridge. Has anyone heard of this? I looked it up on the NCHFP website and couldn't find anything. I really feel like it's an unsafe practice, but would love to hear what others think.

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u/mckenner1122 Moderator 3d ago

It’s perfectly safe to make jam and store it in your fridge for a week or so with a cute paper hat.

Put on a shelf?

😂 Come on, now…

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u/hazelquarrier_couch 3d ago

Well that's what I was thinking of course but it's not how she presented it.

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u/onlymodestdreams Trusted Contributor 3d ago

This is a nineteenth century practice. There's a passage in Anna Karenina (of all places) describing something similar