Hi my fellow jam and jelly lovers! 🙂
Even though 2020 is quite different than past years of my life, it is still the summer time. With my vacation days at work building up, I decided to take a week off to enjoy what is left of the summer.
We didn’t have too many options for fun activities given the pandemic, but here in Jersey the summer wouldn’t be complete without a trip down the shore. Thus, we decided to head down to Cape May, New Jersey, one of my favorite beach spots.
I didn’t expect to run into so many jams and jellies while on vacation, but surprise surprise, I did! My dad kept telling me “stay out of this aisle, there’s jam here!” to avoid me buying any.
While I didn’t end up purchasing a ton of new jams and jellies (my wallet thanks me), I did take some photos of what I ran into so that I could share here. 🙂
The first jams and jellies I encountered are some really cool sounding ones from the Beef Jerky Outlet over in Washington Street Mall. You can check out their website here: https://www.beefjerkyoutlet.com/cape-may
Here, I found Smokey Onion Mustard, Hot Pepper Raspberry Preserves, Blueberry Bourbon Pecan Jam (!!!), and Hot Pepper Bacon Jam.
I was most tempted to buy the Hot Pepper Raspberry Preserves because not only do I love raspberries, but as you know from my past posts, I’m really into spicy jams lately! The Blueberry Bourbon Pecan Jam intrigued me because I am curious if there are pecans in the jam. While the Bacon jam sounds AWESOME, I’m a vegetarian so I had to pass.
Next are some jams from Stonewall Kitchen that I ran into at the Sunset Beach Gift Shop.
You can check out Sunset Beach carrying Stonewall Kitchen products here: https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetbeachgifts/posts/we-proudly-carry-stonewall-kitchen-gourmet-food-items-at-sunset-beach-gifts-stop/10157128673565351/ and Stonewall Kitchen here: https://www.stonewallkitchen.com/
So many of these stand out to me, I wanted to buy one of each. Champagne jam … strawberry vanilla … lemonade … spicy chili bacon?!
I also ran into Elki Scandinavian Delights jams at another gift shop, which really tempted me! While I didn’t buy any in person, I might buy some online because I am curious to taste them. You can check out Elki here: https://www.elki.com/store/category/jam-preserves
For over 180 years, Scandinavian Delight spreads from ELKI have been made in exactly the same way, from the same time-honored traditional recipes. The result is a wonderful, truly delicious home-made taste. Starting with choice, ripe fruit and fresh berries, picked wild and by hand whenever possible, these spreads are prepared slowly and gently, without boiling. This allows the fruit and berries to retain more of their natural flavor, color and sweetness and requires substantially less sugar to be added than regular preserves. Large morsels of fruit or whole berries infuse each jar.
https://www.elki.com/store/category/jam-preserves
The two I really wanted to try are the Lingonberry and Boysenberry.
Which of these jams or jellies sound most intriguing to you? Would you have bought any if you were me?
Much love,
Melissa
Meli Loves Jelly 