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#120 Abricot confiture, original watercolor - SOLD, 9" x 11"

Which entails looking first at French fraises or strawberries YUM!
#119B Strawberry confiture, original watercolor - SOLD, 9" x 11"

I'm interested in the look of French jam as well as the taste..

I've been researching how French jam got these little cloth hats.. By the way this jam is made by top pastry chef, Sadaharu Aoki.

I've yet to find out but I did find instead that: Marmalade was created in 1561 by Mary, Queen of Scots' physician, when he mixed orange and crushed sugar to keep her seasickness at bay. And the feasts of Louis XIV always ended with marmalades and jellies served in silver dishes. The average US kid will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by high school graduation. Per capita consumption of jam in the US is approximately 2.2 pounds annually. Alfred Hitchcock loved French confiture of groiseilles so much, he had it flown to all his film locations so that his breakfast addiction could be satisfied. Even Marie-Antoinette was a jam addict, as were the Sun King and Victor Hugo.

I found plenty of French vocab for the jam lover:

My jam collection...none of it edible and all the jars are about 1/2" high..ahem

I let out the call for more jam on Flickr, not being satisfied with owning just the 4 jars on the tray. Spunky Grind showed off her mini collection..they look real don't they? In fact dear Spunky sent me her mini strawberry jam!
So in homage to Spunky I created - her very own Jam Stamp!
If you have any 1/2" jars of jam around the house you could spare and would like a personalized "jam" stamp of your own let out a shout. And if you know why French jam jars wear hats PLEASE do let me know.
BONNE JOURNEE