Amish Kitchens Cookbooks Jams is a Good Books publication.

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The directions are easy to follow and written at the level any begineer cook could follow. Most of the ingredients are easy to find (and you'd have most on hand probably if you were making Jam anyway).

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Fun small bookApr 16, 2002
By WebGoddess NH "barbiegirl10"
I have to disagree with the previous review. Growing up in PA Dutch Country and spending 42 years there, more than 30 of them cooking these foods, I think this book is a fair representation. Lots of PA Dutch recipes use commercial mayonnaise and Jello (look in any amish/pa dutch/mennonite cookbook and you'll find salads made with Jello). We're not living in the dark ages anymore! Pineapples are available in almost every grocery store and the amish DO have refrigeration. All in all, I'd say this book was worth the money.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

The definition of "Old-Fashioned"...Sep 04, 2008
By TAB
I have all of these adorable little 'Cook Books from Amish Kitchens', and have really enjoyed them. The are very small and simple... the complete opposite of a coffee-table/display-style cookbooks we see most often today. This is a thin pamphlet with matte paper and does not include interior photos of any recipes (excluding the cover). The text is in a handwritten-style font and clearly explained. The recipes are very homey with basic ingredients and techniques; nothing fancy. Simple, delicious recipes in a simple, small booklet. RECOMMENDED.

Where are the Jam Recipes?Feb 02, 2012
By Gwendolyn Norcross "gardenia"
I have ordered several of these Amish Cookbooks and this one has turned out to be a dud for me. There are a total of eight recipes for jam, jelly, preserves and one marmalade; a honey recipe and a syrup recipe. There are five recipes for apple and pear butter which I don't consider jams and don't even care for. The remainder of the recipes and most of the book are pickles and relishes. There is even a recipe for Deviled Eggs, after the recipe for mayonnaise, along with a recipe for French Dressing, ketchup and spaghetti sauce. This book should be titled "A Little of This and That."

This has been my only disappointment thus far for these little treasure treat books.

4 of 8 found the following review helpful:

A disappointmentJul 31, 2001

Hard to believe this collection in 32 pages is really based on Amish ways. While I am not Amish and don't know a whole lot about their goings on, I find it hard to believe Pineapples (required in at least a couple recipes) grow in Ohio/Pennsylvania (or is their an Amish family living in Hawaii?). Some recipes called for orange and Strawberry jello, commercially prepared mayonaise, and a freezer (to store pickles in). This leads me to think the authors know less than I do about the Amish.