The Four Island Quotes DB

tinylittlegremlin: hi eka
tinylittlegremlin: :raynaud:
eka_caesium: I heard they let worms wriggle around on the counters at starbucks
tinylittlegremlin: this is true, we do
eka_caesium: Messed up
tinylittlegremlin: 🫙
tinylittlegremlin: yup
tinylittlegremlin: [shakes you around in the jar]
swbookworm: oh are u getting in a jar grem?
tinylittlegremlin: no its ekas tuirn to be jarred today
swbookworm: ah okay cool
swbookworm: :jarshake:
tinylittlegremlin: making an eka jam [dumps in sugar]
swbookworm: oh sweet
azhdrake: sugar is, yes
toothpastecanyon: eka jam...
toothpastecanyon: I thought ekas came in slices
tinylittlegremlin: thats why were shaking! to mash em up w trhe sugar
azhdrake: I do hate to say this though, Grem, but you're supposed to add sugar to the jam while the rest of the jam is boiling
azhdrake: it's not gonna mix properly if you just shake it
toothpastecanyon: maybe it's a revolutionary new type of jam
tinylittlegremlin: well i think ur suipposed to marinate it so the jusices dissolve into the sugar
tinylittlegremlin: then cook
tinylittlegremlin: kind alike a syrup
azhdrake: When I've made jam you boil the fruit and add sugar to it
azhdrake: as it's boiling
tinylittlegremlin: the way my family does it you add the sugar first then set it on the fire and mix till it boils
azhdrake: And then add the pectin too
azhdrake: huh
tinylittlegremlin: sugar dissolves as you go
azhdrake: different strats
tinylittlegremlin: both tasty 😋
tinylittlegremlin: the heck is pectin
azhdrake: It. It's what jams the jam? So it's not runny?
tinylittlegremlin: wild
tinylittlegremlin: we just reduce
azhdrake: Like some fruits do have naturally occurring pectin but a lot of them you need to add some
tinylittlegremlin: boil the liquid away....
azhdrake: You normally do both
eka_caesium: You're all losers I am basically identical to guava and this is going to smell disgusting