We Are Our Own Grandmas - Homemade Jam 'N Bread

After the two metric tons of loquats we picked, we had to quicky and efficiently find some way of getting rid of it. About a quarter of the way through the first shopping bag of loquats, we realized that even if our stomachs could hold all of them, it would take us a couple of hours just standing there in the backyard, munching away. We gave some to the neighbors and some to Nicole, saved some to bring to lab, and still had two metric tons left.
Our inner domestic old lady came to the rescue - we decided to make JAM! I wasn't really sure if people made jam from loquats, even though Nicole told me about it. Googled it, and apparently not only do people make loquat jam, they also make loquat jelly, loquat pie and spicy loquat sauce. We made our first batch, and some fresh baguette to go with it. It was good - more like a preserve than jam though. We are going to step it up a notch by adding some ginger into the next batch we're making tomorrow.
It was my first attempt at making jam, I feel so domesticated, like perhaps I would make for a good Amish woman.