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Jams and preserves

A resident of Golden Bay has turned fruit and vegetables into preserves, with colourful covers tied with string. Making jams, chutneys, pickles and preserves is a way of turning surplus vegetables into home-made goods, and saving on expensive store-bought alternatives. New Zealand recipe books have traditionally carried pages of recipes for jams and preserves. Even Brett’scolonists guide had 30 pages of instructions for making preserves.

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Matt Morris, Unpaid domestic work – Making clothes and preserving food, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23331/jams-and-preserves (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Matt Morris, published 4 March 2010.