mmm....Strawberry Jam

My oldest son often asks me how come we never buy grape jelly. I have 2 answers for that. The first is why buy grape jelly from the store when you can easily make delicious homemade jam?



Here's the breakdown on my costs:
8lbs strawberries= $5.99
4 pkgs of pectin= $7.12
6 cups of Sugar= $.96
1 hour of my time that would have been wasted otherwise= $0
Total $14.07 for 16 cups of Jam ($.88 a cup)

My second reason for not buying grape jelly is that it gives me the willies.