Deborah Peterson's Pantry
327 Sumneytown Pike
Harleysville, PA 19438
215-256-4615

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Updated 11/16/2011.
All text and images copyright Deborah Peterson 2002-11.

Website design and maintenance:
K L Martz

Each Pantry item comes packaged in a manner reproducing 18th century packaging using contemporary images and extant examples, whether packaged in paper packets, cloth bags, or glass or earthenware containers.


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Jams, Jellies and other wonders

Jams and Jellies
(in modern packaging)

Gooseberry Jam
19 oz in a modern jar, $6.00

A popular way of preserving gooseberries. Ingredients: sugar, gooseberries, water, pectin, lemon juice, citric acid


Elderberry Jam
19 oz in modern jar, $6.00

Elderberry Jam was popular in colonial America. In the colonial world "jelly" meant a dish like our Jello. This modern packaging labels the product as jelly, but in the 18th century it would be a jam. Ingredients: sugar, elderberries, water, pectin, lemon juice, citric acid.

Ginger Spiced Preserve
12 oz in a modern jar, $10.00

Red Currant Jam
19 oz in a modern jar, $6.00

Quince Jam
19 oz in a modern jar, $8.00

In the colonial world "jelly" meant a dish like our Jello. Jam was a way of preserving fruits. This modern packaging labels the product as Jelly, but in 18c America it would be a jam. Ingredients: pure quince juice concentrate, sugar, fruit acid (citric), fruit pectin.


Nutmeg Jam
12 oz in modern jar, $8.00


Apple Jam
19 oz in modern jar, $6.00

Used as a basis for other jellies.