Illabeth
Well-Known Member
I think they are used interchangeably because you put both jelly and jam on toast. But the consistency is different. I have to ask my Mom. I remember her explaining it to me once.
We put Jelly on toast too. My granny makes the best crab-apple jelly and blackcurrant and apple jelly. Jelly is strained so there is not fruit bits, just like the aeroplane jelly except the fruit pectin sets it, not gelatine so it's not quite as solid as aeroplane type jelly. It's pretty much always apple based too otherwise you don't get enough pectin to set it.
The difference is when I was in the USA I found what we would call jam they still also called jelly. And then you have fruit preserves....