[PW] confusing food terminology

[Nichael Cramer]

Vance:

I'm sure others will post more complete answers, but bear in mind 
that many of these
are not "fixed" terms.  Their meaning can have a lot regional (and 
other) variance.

For example, here in the Northeast, where I now live they use the term "jam"
to refer to what we knew as "preserves" in my Hoosier boyhood.  (We would
have just called "preserves" something like "canned fruit".)

Similarly, someone told me recently that in England "jelly" is used primarily
to refer to the product that we on this side of The Pond know as Jell-o.

Nichael


Vance Howard wrote:
>Project Wombat:
>
>     Can you assist in helping to decipher some confusing (to me, at 
> least) food terminology, to wit, the meanings of the terms: jelly, 
> jam, preserves, conserve, compote. Many Internet sites I've queried 
> all say these involve fruit cooked in sugar [or some variant 
> thereof]. Cookbooks are also somewhat vague in distinguishing 
> whether there are any differences among the terms. I'd be very 
> grateful if you could help in clarifying these terms.
>
>Vance Howard
>
>
> 
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