Makin' Goodies!

So my mom gave me a dehydrator a few years back, and boy has it been awesome (thanks mom!)! We bought cherries (cheap!) and have been cutting and dehydrating them like mad!  Since dehydrating has been such a fun and essentially easy way to make treats, we decided to put a little more work and research into making goodies, so...

We decided to make blueberry jam.  To do so, we asked the expert... Wren's Mom.  She offered her expertise and some essential elements (cookware, some jars and priceless experience and knowledge).  Here's the visual story... first we picked...

Then we cleaned, cooked and canned them...

The process is hot, sticky, and delicious.  Cook down the bloobs with sugar (we did 8 cups fresh bloobs and 3-4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice), bringing to a rolling boil... keep it there and keep stirring! Sterilize the jars and lids by boiling. To know when the fruit becomes jam, pre-freeze a plate and put some of the hot bloob sauce on it... run your finger through the sauce and if it stays separated, it's jam!  Woot! And hooray for moms!