For my boy, blackbery jam

When Spenser found out I made Peach jam, he asked for blackberry.

When he found out I made Strawberry, he was a little louder about where the blackberry was.

So blackberry jam I finally tried.  I come from a place where blackberry's grow along side the road.  And now they want me to pay 4 dollars/quart!?!  This is 20 dollars worth of blackberry's!  That is absurd!

AND .. these blackberry's were not sweet - they were very tart.  I had to add lots of sugar, and in turn lots of pectin.  Turns out, my pectin didn't dissolve well, and a couple are lumpy ... another lesson learned.

At this cost, they are going in these little 4oz jars!