# Funny fruitspreads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553 "2019-09-20T11:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/21 "2019-09-21T09:37:46Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > … > > Let me see, what other popular jams here might be strange overseas then - is melon-and-ginger jam unusual? What about fig-and-walnut? Bacon? The 1st two yes, unusual to the point of having never encountered or heard of either. (To be fair, I don’t go to craft fairs much, and am definitely not in Amish country.) The 3rd, well … bacon is having its Big Moment here in the U.S. and all things bacon are front & center. So yeah, bacon jam is definitely a thing here. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/22 "2019-09-21T09:57:06Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The 1st two yes, unusual to the point of having never encountered or heard of either. Melon-and-ginger is a South African staple . The melon in question is the _[tsamma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron_melon)_, the white-fleshed citron melon/pine melon relative of watermelon, BTW). Fig-and-walnut is less common but just the thing to have on toast with some baked Camembert. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/23 "2019-09-21T12:35:27Z")
Kiwi jam if you leave the peels on. Oh, you mean “funny”, not “fuzzy”. :smack: Apple butter was a common spread in my childhood. Don’t see it around much today. I think the name hurts it. There’s nothing buttery about it. It’s basically apple jam. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/24 "2019-09-22T21:58:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Kiwi jam if you leave the peels on. > > Oh, you mean “funny”, not “fuzzy”. :smack: > > Apple butter was a common spread in my childhood. Don’t see it around much today. > > I think the name hurts it. There’s nothing buttery about it. It’s basically apple jam. Texture wise, it’s more like applesauce than jam… only much smoother and spicier… I miss my Grandma Cassie’s apple butter SO much. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/25 "2019-09-22T22:00:23Z")
Nm… double post ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/26 "2019-09-22T22:05:47Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Not unusual to me, but it’s very rare to find beach plum jelly in stores. That brings back memories! A young adult book I read around 1960 or so was about a woman opening a restaurant, and she made beach plum jelly. I always wanted to try some. The book was called _The Place on Wishbone Alley._ ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/27 "2019-09-22T22:18:11Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > Texture wise, it’s more like applesauce than jam… only much smoother and spicier… I miss my Grandma Cassie’s apple butter SO much. That must be because it was homemade. All the commercially made apple butter I’ve had is smooth, a bit thick, but no where as thick and kinda chunky as applesauce (which also tends to separate so you have the chunky-ish bits and the watery bits and wouldn’t be good on toast at all). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/28 "2019-09-22T22:25:04Z")
Oh, god. Apple butter. Love it so much. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/29 "2019-09-23T10:53:51Z")
We live adjacent to a farm that grows apples. We always have their apple butter on hand and go through it fairly quickly. Great on toast, pancakes, waffles, ice cream, a spoon, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/30 "2019-09-25T11:06:25Z")
Basil, oregano, thyme. Mint of course, but that’s not normally called “jam”. Port Wine (because we don’t have any eating grapes with enough flavour to make a decent jam) Jackfruit. Red Bean Jam, although that’s normally called Red Bean Paste, it can be sweetened up even more to appeal to western palates. I’ve never had Purple Taro Jam, but I know it exists. Again, I don’t think that the people who eat Taro Soup for desert would eat the jam. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/31 "2019-09-25T11:53:07Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Basil, oregano, thyme Erm, pesto? Or like mint jelly for lamb? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/32 "2019-09-25T12:14:34Z")
[Cornel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas) spreads are pretty popular here in Vienna. I’d never even heard of the fruit before moving here six months ago. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/33 "2019-09-25T21:09:42Z")
A friend and his family foraged a bunch of gooseberries last year on a forest visit. They made a tasty gooseberry jam. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/34 "2019-09-26T02:21:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Erm, pesto? Or like mint jelly for lamb? Pesto has vinegar in it doesn’t it? It’s not jam by any stretch. I can’t remember how Basil jam is made (is it an apple jam? or did they just cheat entirely and use gelatine and sugar?), but it was a jam-like sweetener you could use on toast. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/35 "2019-09-26T07:53:28Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Pesto has vinegar in it doesn’t it? No, it shouldn’t, but it also isn’t a jam, which is why I asked. > [@](#): > > I can’t remember how Basil jam is made (is it an apple jam? or did they just cheat entirely and use gelatine and sugar?), but it was a jam-like sweetener you could use on toast. Most of the jams I can find are X+basil jams, like strawberry+basil or blueberry+basil. I can only find [basil jelly](https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/basil-jelly/), which, yeah, is like mint jelly. I can see having that on toast, although I usually have it with meat (often, a bit of mint jelly on one end, a bit of mint sauce on another - I’m cosmopolitan in my condimenting) . ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/36 "2019-09-26T22:30:50Z")
Not funny strange, but as a child of the 70s and 80s, I find marion berry jam funny in a hur, hur, hur sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/37 "2019-09-27T18:59:06Z")
I’m not familiar with beach plums. Are they anything like meadow muffins? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/38 "2019-09-27T21:11:16Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Jackfruit. Red Bean Jam, although that’s normally called Red Bean Paste, it can be sweetened up even more to appeal to western palates. > > I’ve never had Purple Taro Jam, but I know it exists. Again, I don’t think that the people who eat Taro Soup for desert would eat the jam. Purple taro jam is common in the Philippines; here’s a link: [https://www.amazon.com/24oz-Tropics-Halaya-Purple-Pack/dp/B01J1B7IV2/ref=asc\_df\_B01J1B7IV2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312146823831&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10483781455650308890&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004433&hvtargid=aud-829758849484:pla-569436722316&psc=1#customerReviews](https://www.amazon.com/24oz-Tropics-Halaya-Purple-Pack/dp/B01J1B7IV2/ref=asc_df_B01J1B7IV2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312146823831&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10483781455650308890&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004433&hvtargid=aud-829758849484:pla-569436722316&psc=1#customerReviews) And a jackfruit jam from Hawaii: > **[Amazon.com: Jackfruit Jam : Grocery & Gourmet Food](https://www.amazon.com/Island-Valley-Delights-Jackfruit-Jam/dp/B0074RG23Q)** > > This tropical fruit jam is really something special. The flavor of Jackfruit is a combination of Mango, Pineapple, and Passion Fruit, all in one! That’s special!. If you are looking for a tropical fruit jam for your cold winter party, or anytime, try... A friend who loves jams and fruit spreads told me that the best selection of them that he ever saw was at a hotel breakfast in Moscow. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/39 "2019-09-27T22:00:28Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > And a jackfruit jam from Hawaii: > [https://www.amazon.com/Island-Valley-Delights-Jackfruit-Jam/dp/B0074RG23Q/ref=sr\_1\_1?keywords=jackfruit+jam&qid=1569618591&s=grocery&sr=1-1](https://www.amazon.com/Island-Valley-Delights-Jackfruit-Jam/dp/B0074RG23Q/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jackfruit+jam&qid=1569618591&s=grocery&sr=1-1) I just don’t “get” jackfruit. Awful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553/40 "2019-09-28T03:16:54Z")
F.R.O.G. jam is fairly popular in the farmer’s markets here. Fig, Raspberry, Orange, Ginger A while back I also saw “Hoppin’ FROG” with the addition of jalapenos. I haven’t seen paw paw, huckleberry, mayhaw, or elderberry mentioned. I’ve seen prickly pear jelly made from the cactus juice, but I’ve never tasted it. There is also Pear Butter from regular pears, (fruit butters are a slow cooked reduction rather than a jelled thickening process) really good with gouda and crackers. Oh, and a friend brought me some cloudberry preserves once - I think they were from Sweden. That was yummy. We also made onion jam when I was a kid, but we mostly served it with steak. Pepper jelly was strong stuff back then - it would make smoke come out of your ears. These days they make it sweet. Oh, and dandelion jam. I haven’t seen that in decades but you used to get it at the Amish market. I could go on forever, but I’ll end with a favorite family story. There was a huge blizzard, and my Dad set out with my brother and a friend of his to make it to the grocery store because the cupboard was bare. The grocery store was bare too though, so they came home with all sorts of weird stuff, the favorite example of which being guava jelly, as it was the very last thing on the shelf. It’s funny now, but at the time the thought of a week with nothing but PB and Guava sandwiches didn’t sound appetizing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fruitspreads/840553.md?page=1)