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Just realized the $30 jam kettle I bought at a flea market in Shipshewana was a waste, and my $4 pot from Goodwill makes better preserves
Everyone in the canning groups keeps saying you need a proper copper jam kettle with a wide mouth for water to boil off fast, but I bought one at a flea market in Shipshewana for $30 two summers ago and my strawberry jam came out darker and tasted cooked, not bright. The thing is heavy, it takes forever to heat up on my stove, and I burned my wrist twice on the handles. Meanwhile my $4 scratched up aluminum pot from Goodwill, the one I almost left on the shelf, makes jam that sets in 20 minutes and keeps the fruit flavor. I tested both side by side with the same flat of berries from the same farm stand and the cheap pot won, no contest. The copper kettle now holds dry beans in the pantry because I feel bad throwing it out. I know the old fashioned look is nice hanging on a hook, but a tool that makes worse food is not cozy, it is just expensive. Has anyone else ditched a fancy kitchen tool for the ugly cheap one that actually works?
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