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hardnosethehighway

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Jun 2, 2012 10:20 PM
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Turkish Jam

A local ethnic grocery has Turkish Jam on special- 2 x 400 gram jars for $2-which I consider a bargain.

Have had Rose, Plum & Fig-with Rose being far & away my favourite-a truly delicious brekkie spread.

That is all.

Weaver

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Jun 3, 2012 3:14 PM
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I like D_D's suggestion but wouldn't want to interrupt your brekkie. And then, maybe you don't have room for that pallet... Sounds like good stuff & a good price. Question: is the rose jelly a pink jelly tasting like rose petals? Or is it a jam of some sort?

hardnosethehighway

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Jun 3, 2012 4:34 PM
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"is the rose jelly a pink jelly tasting like rose petals?Or is it a jam of some sort?"

More of a jam tasting like Rose Petals.

tribolite

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Jun 4, 2012 4:21 AM
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re:"rose jelly/jam".Maybe similar to "rosella jam" which has a nice rose tint and tastes slightly like rhubarb jam?

nutraxfornerves

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Jun 4, 2012 8:36 AM
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Roselle or rosella is a kind of hibiscus. I've had tea made from it & it's nothing like rose.

Rose jelly or jam is made form rose petals. I've only seen it as a jelly in the American sense: a translucent preserve with all bits strained out. Looks like this. But when I looked up gül reçeli, I got stuff like this with bits of petals left in.

I remember Turkish jams with fondness. Çok lezzetli!

hardnosethehighway

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Jun 4, 2012 8:46 AM
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Yes it has bits of petal in it.

VinnyD

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Jun 4, 2012 11:54 AM
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Aa far as I know the Turks don't make it, but I will point out that besides rose petal jam there is rose hip jam and jelly.

I've never been crazy about rose petal jam. Or rosewater-flavored desserts.

Weaver

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Jun 4, 2012 4:43 PM
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I'm a bit ambivilent about the rose flavour, too, Vinny. But I once made a jelly w/rose petals & rosemary that was pretty good. Sort of cancelled out that too-flowery thing in the rose but softened the rosemary.. Best ever was the rosemary & lavender jelly. (And rose hip anything doesn't have any "rose" taste.)

arbon

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Jun 4, 2012 5:37 PM
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"A local ethnic grocery has Turkish Jam on special- 2 x 400 gram jars for $2-which I consider a bargain."

Is that in Vancouver?

ohwell

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Jun 4, 2012 8:38 PM
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If they have cherry Jam I'll take a couple of jars please.

hardnosethehighway

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Jun 4, 2012 10:08 PM
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"Is that in Vancouver?"

Yes-Polo Market up on Fraser near 49th.

"If they have cherry Jam I'll take a couple of jars please."

Will check next I'm in- they do have Strawberry.

hereandtherenz

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Jun 5, 2012 1:37 AM
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Fig jam. Made by Grandma. From the fig tree over the garage.

How is Turkish jam different from plain old jam?

VinnyD

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Jun 5, 2012 4:01 AM
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#10--

I dislike the taste of lavender even more than that of roses. You're right that rose hips don't taste of roses. I don't mind rose hip jelly.

arbon

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Jun 5, 2012 9:09 AM
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#1 DD, what happened to the cheap meat pies, you had on offer?

nutraxfornerves

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Jun 5, 2012 9:27 AM
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How is Turkish jam different from plain old jam?
It's not really different; my experience was that it was consistently high quality--very flavorful, not super sugary.
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