Jams

I have been making jam lately. I found out something that I didn't know before and I am sure you will appreciate this information. I've been traveling a little this last month and have been to St. George on several occasions. I and my daughter were looking around the graveyard there and my daughter showed me some plum trees in the graveyard. She said, "These are flowering plum trees and everyone thinks that the plums are poisonous. They are not, you can use them for jam. Just pull the steams off and cook them on the stove until they are soft. then dump the juice off and smash the rest of the fruit, then strain this part. It makes excellent tart jam." She said, "No one knows about it, all people do is curse them because they fall and make a mess. "It takes a few years for the flowering plum trees to become mature enough to produce fruit, but they do. They look like a Bing Cherries, they even have a stem like a Bing Cherries. Now you can steam them, if you have a steamer, but this jam will become your favorite. I make syrup out of it as well.