Jellies/Jams/Preserves

[liv4fud]

Tried to search and failed.
Also, Moderators, another thread you can move where you think it will be appropriate.

Question1. True/False: Preserves have more fruit than Jams which have more fruit than jellies i.e.
Preserves > Jams > Jellies in terms of real fruit content.

Question2. : Any specific applications or all of them are inter-changeable?
i.e. I enjoy PBJ(elly/jam) and PBP(reserve) too.
Would love to know where one can be used / preferred more over the other?

Thank you in advance.

[phatch]

Depends what you mean by content I suppose. A jelly should be cleariish and made from juice. A Jam should be made from fruit pieces/cooked very soft or puree. Preserves are similar to jam, but the fruit pieces are bigger. Peeled where appropriate of course. Marmalade should be a jam/preserve with citrus peel in it.

By volume, I don't think you could say one has more fruit than another, unless you mean starting from more whole fruit than another.

Phil

[liv4fud]

oh, in that case I might have confused the entire issue.

thought the jelly wasn't real fruit but filled with just fillers and things that tasted like fruit.

seems I had it all wrong.

now, does it mean that they are pretty interchangeable?

[phatch]

Mostly yes.

Jellies "melt" more readily. They can get syrupy when it's hot out.

phil

[Pete]

Jellies are made from just the juice of the fruits whereas jams and preserves are made from the "whole fruit" ie., the pulp. Legally there might be a difference between a jam and preserve, but pretty much the words are interchangeable.

[kuan]

Jam is milled fruit or fruit puree. Preserves is whole fruit. Conserve is fruit and vegetable, or mutiple fruit.

[liv4fud]

thank you everyone, clears up a lot of things

and opens up a whole new domain based on substitution of one with another