[quote=Dani8]Ive tried some pretty great preserved tomatoes and other fruit and veg, and made plenty as well.[/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]Never tried to make tomato jelly though. That DOES sound stupid. But she did can a lot of tomatoes. Like a salsa.

;P[/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]Two years back I got to help my grandmother make like 12 jars of grape jelly from our grape vines out back. We also made fig preserves (closer to a jam with the fruit pulp) but with a strawberry jello flavor. So if you didn't know, you would assume it was simply strawberry jam. AND we had enough blueberries for maybe 6 jars of jam. Was a fun experience. I've never read Little House on the Prairie.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Ketchup is still stupid though.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]I hated jam (or jelly, as I always called it, although I'm sure an expert will educate me on the distinction, which I can't remember right now) as a kid and basically never had it on toast, but I'm like 90% sure I'd love it today.

I should just go have some this week, and maybe try a few other things I hated as a kid.[/quote]

[quote=ash_is_the_gal]JAM IS DELICIOUS ON TOAST

your argument is invalid[/quote]

[quote=Sedai]Let's face it...Little House on the Prairie is akin to a gateway drug. A kid picks up a book like this, next thing you know she's braiding her hair and making jam. It has to be stopped.[/quote]

[quote=Citizen Rules][quote=McConnaughay]I mean, "No people lived here. Only Indians," or something to that refrain, is a little less than  being insensitive.[/quote] That depends on the context in which it was written...and in the mind of the person reading it. 

I read as saying: No settlers lived there only native Americans. Meaning it was rugged land, away from American society.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]The fact that those types of things were able to win awards is part of the history in question.

Anyway, they can do what they want, I just find the logic to be fundamentally flawed and almost certainly counterproductive to its stated aims.[/quote]

[quote=McConnaughay]In the end, drawing attention to the fact by acknowledging it might've done more harm than good. Nobody cared. Most people didn't know what she'd said in the first place nor did they care about the awards she held. But it is the choice of the academies or award shows or whatever else that awarded her if they want to continue coveted her in hindsight.[/quote]

[quote=McConnaughay]The perspective I have though is they aren't banishing it. Her work is her work and will be available for those that choose to seek it. But, rather, it is more like companies choosing not to covet it.[/quote]