# Another 'What Should I Cook' Poll: Nectarine Preserves

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-should-i-cook-poll-nectarine-preserves/633085>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-should-i-cook-poll-nectarine-preserves/633085 "2012-08-30T00:05:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-should-i-cook-poll-nectarine-preserves/633085/1 "2012-08-30T00:05:24Z")

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I already made peach-ginger preserve, so next up I have to deal with my nectarines. I’ve never eaten or even seen nectarine preserves, but what the heck.

Two recipes are in contention:  
Nectarine Preserves with Lemon Verbena  
Nectarine Preserves with vanilla and brandy

Unlike my basil poll, there can be only one.

What say you, O Dope?

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**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-should-i-cook-poll-nectarine-preserves/633085/2 "2012-08-30T02:07:23Z")

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Nectarine preserves with lemon verbena sounds wonderful. I was already planning on making nectarine jam, but if you share the recipe I will make this instead!

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-should-i-cook-poll-nectarine-preserves/633085/3 "2012-08-30T02:46:00Z")

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I was going to follow this:

> **[Ginger-Peach Jam (no pectin needed) Recipe - Food.com](https://www.food.com/recipe/ginger-peach-jam-no-pectin-needed-41405)**
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> Another fantastic recipe from my upstairs neighbor, who likes to raid my fruit trees, and always gives me the wonderful things she makes with that fru

except put the herbs in more towards the end. And I know from experience it cooks at least an hour to an hour and a half (I like a pretty stiff set).