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 THE HISTORY OF JAM, JELLY & PRESERVES

The history of jam or jam is one of the sweetest that exists. The need to preserve
the fruit resulted in one of the sweetest and richest foods we can eat.

The confectioners of Ramses II the Great, made three thousand three hundred
years ago fruit, herb and spice jams that ended up being very popular in
Pharaonic Egypt. Fruit preserves were highly esteemed in ancient times.

According to recent historical studies, the inventors of the jam were the Ancient
Egyptians.

THE HISTORY OF PRESERVING FOOD

¿But did you know that this humble gift got off to quite
an illustrious start?
By the Paleolithic period 2.6 million years ago*—also called the Stone Age, and
marked by the earliest known use of stone tools—people were preserving food.
They had already realized that if they could save food they collected in times of
plenty, it would make survival easier during the times of scarcity.
 Using cold, in areas with ice and snow—packed in
caves or cellars, or simply frozen under the ice.
The use of salt for preserving food came later in
prehistory. Beginning in the Bronze Age (ca. 3200
B.C.E. to 600 B.C.E.), many salt roads—trade routes
overland and via river—carried salt to trade in regions
that had none.
It was only a few centuries ago that
the technology to store food for long
periods was created.
Drying—eliminating the moisture from food by
exposing it to the sun, applying pressure, or smoking
(bacteria and mold need moisture to live). Evidence
shows that Middle Eastern and Asian cultures actively
dried foods as early as 12,000 B.C.E
Honey, which has no moisture so can preserve foods
enclosed in it, has been used for 8,000 years (6000
B.C.E.) at least. A rock painting from that time shows
people harvesting honey. Similarly, syrups of honey
and sugar were used as preservatives.
Middle Eastern cooks are widely believed to be the first to make
fruit preserves and jams.

The first mention of fruit preserves

(made with honey) can be found in
the oldest surviving cookbook from
antiquity called "De Re Co
Maquinaria" - The Art of Cooking.

Jam is simply fruit that has been

heated and sweetened, cooled and
stored

The use of sugarcane for domestic

purposes actually dates back to
Papua New Guinea around 10,000
years ago.

In the beginning, the very expensive price of sugar at the time of the Crusades
and for countless years after, meant that jams and preserves had
been a pleasure enjoyed only by royalty and the very wealthy.
 Sugar Travels From The Pacific To The Middle Eaast
Darius The Great (549-485 B.C.E.) brought sugar cane back to Persia following his
invasion of India. Persia became a prolific sugar-producing region, and Middle
Easterners had lots of it.

The people of New Guinea in the South Pacific domesticated sugarcane about 10,000
years ago. It was later planted in India, where growers in the Ganges Delta adapted by
refining sweet cane juice into crystallized sugar.

The marmalade is believed to have

been created in 1561 by the physician
to Mary, Queen of Scots, as a remedy
for her motion sickness.
Jams and preserves were basically a luxury product that did not reach
commoners' until the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.

The jam inspires its own cult rituals. Old-fashioned Englishmen of the Uncle
Matthew variety will only eat things if they are homemade, dark, and thick cut

In 1918, Welch’s company made its firts jam product, grapelade.

Today, the U.s produces about 1 billion pounds of fruits spreads (jams,
jellies, preserves, fruit spreads, marmalades, fruit & honey butters) annually.
“The law of raspberry jam: the greater no culture spread, the thinner it gets”