Re: [london.food] Afternoon tea - jam and tea bready stuff

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Jakob Whitfield wrote:

> Recipies tell you to skim off the scum, but I ignored it and it disappeared.

My mother always used to put a lump of butter in her jam to get rid of the
scum. This did indeed work, but I have never heard of anyone else doing this
(apart from my grandmother, from whom she learned this).

No, I don't know where the scum goes when you do this. ;)

Martin

• [london.food] Afternoon tea - jam and tea bready stuff Jakob Whitfield 22:06 on 29 Aug 2004
  So this weekend I had a frenzy of baking and cooking stuff.
  • Re: [london.food] Afternoon tea - jam and tea bready stuff Kake L Pugh 02:30 on 30 Aug 2004
    Did it actually taste any different from my version though?
  • Martin Frost 09:47 on 01 Sep 2004
    My mother always used to put a lump of butter in her jam to get rid of the
    • Greg McCarroll 17:18 on 03 Sep 2004
      I'd guess fairly randomly, that the butter means there is a tiny layer of

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