I'm making strawberry jam today - the old fashioned way, water bath canning and all. But this method sure does look easy and effective for quick, small, on-the-fly batches of jam. Funny how your posts are always so timely! Thanks for teaching this old jammer a new trick. One question: when processing jam in the microwave, as long as you use a sufficiently large bowl, are you spared those nasty splatters that can wind up on the roof of the microwave oven? All of us "oldsters" can learn new tricks, can't we Daisy? The REAL trick is remembering them! :) Actually, I didn't have any issue with splattering; the berries did more of a constant rolling boil than a splattery one, thankfully... Give it a try; I'd guess a paper towel set on top would contain any splatters if they start to happen. Good luck - PJH

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