Making Service Berry Jam... Yum!

On our extended family's property, there is a service berry tree filled with berries. Year after year, they are treated as decorative and eventually they drop or are eaten by the birds.

This year, however, we're harvesting them!

Service berries are similar to blueberries, but they're red and grow on a tree. They also have a soft seed in the middle. But if they're ripe, they're good to eat right off the tree. And they make a wonderful jam.

We made a simple refrigerator jam and canned them in half-pint jars.

They're sweet, with a hint of lemon. Texture from the berries and seeds. Perfect on toast or English muffins.

Have you ever tried service berry jam before?


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In the 1980s, my parents made a lot of jam. Strawberry, raspberry, apricot, blueberry, cherry plum, currant and other jams.

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All of those jams sound wonderful, I bet you enjoyed eating it! I wonder what other "wild" fruits would make a good jam?

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Until I read your post a couple of days ago, I had never heard of a Service Berry. I love blueberries so I think I would like them.
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The theory is that you learn something every day. And in the case of your post; I have learned that service does not just apply to the military. Your title had me scratching my head over how berries and soldiers went in the same sentence. I'm sure there's a story behind how a berry was named a service berry.....

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I don't know the story, my theory is that they're called "Serviceberries" because they would grow wild along roads and provide a "service" to hungry travelers. It goes by a variety of names (I had to look them up):

Shadbush, shadwood, shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry, juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear

I didn't realize that serviceberry is one word, not Service Berry.

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Lauren just informed me the REAL story behind the name: The Appalachian mountains could not be crossed until after the spring thaw, which happened right about the time these trees bloomed. Villages would have to postpone their weddings and funeral services until the preacher could cross the mountains to perform the service. When the blossoms became berries, they called them "serviceberries".

My dad was enjoying some serviceberry jam this morning and decided to do some research on this. Now we all know why they're called serviceberries! @buckaroobaby

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That is fascinating! I love the history. Thanks to your beautiful Lauren, and your dad. And a blessed Shabbat to you all

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