Haskap time!

Today I finished picking the Haskaps. 


What was left is there for the cedar waxwings - with my blessings! 8 pounds are frozen and the remaining were made into jam: 

Haskap Jam; 

makes 12 or 13 1/2 pints. 
Clean and crush 2 1/2 pounds of berries; add 1 1/2 cups water then bring to a boil then simmer 30 minutes. Send all through a food mill with a fine blade. The resulting should provide 5 cups of fruit puree. Top up with water to make the full 5 cups.

To this, add 10 cups sugar, 2/3 cups lemon juice then bring to a full, rolling boil. Add 3 packages of liquid pectin. Stir well then return to boil, for a full minute.

Fill hot, sterilized half-pint jars to within 1/4 inch of the top then place sterilized metal lids on the tops and screw metal bands on securely. You may choose to process these in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Enjoy!

(check out http://www.fruit.usask.ca/haskap.html if you want to know more about them)