"No Grape Jam in France" !!!
Jan 2nd, 2013, 12:38 PM
#21
Okay I will modify that to say that almost no grape jam is sold in France except in certain regional markets and it represents less than 1% of the market.
If you read about "confiture" in France, you will see that more than 50% of the market is strawberry and apricot. Once you have added currant, orange marmelade, raspberry, mirabelle, plum and a few others, there is not much left. Any who cares? In West Indian stores, I see all sorts of jams -- mango, rose, banana, papaya and so forth and so on. They are just not part of mainstream French tastes, just like grape jam. If anybody wants to go hunting, be my guest.
If you read about "confiture" in France, you will see that more than 50% of the market is strawberry and apricot. Once you have added currant, orange marmelade, raspberry, mirabelle, plum and a few others, there is not much left. Any who cares? In West Indian stores, I see all sorts of jams -- mango, rose, banana, papaya and so forth and so on. They are just not part of mainstream French tastes, just like grape jam. If anybody wants to go hunting, be my guest.
Jan 2nd, 2013, 02:21 PM
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I used to want grape jelly so bad (and yes we have both grape jam and jelly here, but not preserves) as a kid. Everyone had PB&J with grape whatever, except poor me. My grandmother made strawberry preserves every year and usually also peach preserves, so we never bought jelly. My mom didn't care that I woulda killed for grape jelly...we had perfectly good preserves and she wasn't gonna buy something extra that wasn't a necessity!
I love the emotion that a post about grape jelly can generate. I don't care either way but if I can, I always go for strawberry preserves!
I love the emotion that a post about grape jelly can generate. I don't care either way but if I can, I always go for strawberry preserves!
