Just what exaclty is the difference among strawberry (or grape or whatever) jelly, jam, and preserves. I am just wondering. It all tastes great on my morning toast, just what's the difference.
2006-07-19 19:09:20 · 7 answers · asked by quntmphys238 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Jam: a spread made from fruit boiled with sugar
Jelly: a fruit preserve that is made by boiling fruit JUICE, sugar, and sometimes pectin until it has a semisolid consistency
Preserve: to make jelly, jam, or marmalade out of a fruit
Marmalade: citrus fruit jelly: a clear thick preserve made with citrus fruits, usually containing the shredded rind of the fruit.
Therefore, jelly has no fruit (pieces) in it; jam does.
2006-07-19 19:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by cosmosclara 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jam and preserves are subcategories of jelly. Jam is a complete paste. Preserves are somewhat pastelike, but also have mangled fruit bits floating around in the mess. Jelly means either jam or preserves.
2006-07-20 02:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jellies are made only from the juice of fruit, and they are typically the stiffest type of fruit preserves.
As a rule, a jam is a thick puree, made from fruit pulp or crushed/mashed fruit.
Preserves are similar to jams, except that they consist of chunks of fruit (or even whole fruit) in a thickened syrup (for the sake of convenience, the terms “preserves” and “jam” are used interchangeably throughout this article).
Traditionally, marmalades are preserves, but they’re citrus-based.
And a conserve is a jam made from a blend of fruits. Conserves usually contain some form of citrus, as well as nuts and/or raisins (many contain alcohol, as well).
2006-07-20 02:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
jam till has some of the inside texture of the fruit, while in jelly everything is mushed up and made so each spoon is exaclty the same. if u look, jam usually has pulp or seeds or something, while jelly is translucent or transparant, with just about nothing els inside.
2006-07-20 02:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by Milanakin:) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jelly has the consistency of gelatin (thus the name I think :-)). Least flavorful. Jam is one step higher in the thickness & flavor department. Preserves is by far the best of them all in terms of flavor and texture. Usually less artificial ingredients too. Jam spreads the best to me though.
2006-07-20 02:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by ModelBehavior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
preserves have chunks of fruit, jelly is smooth
2006-07-20 02:13:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their names are different.
2006-07-20 05:19:43 · answer #7 · answered by sunil kumar shah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋