Originally Posted by brookemarie19
I just found some strawberry jam that my MIL made before she died 4 years ago. I thought we had eaten all her jams a long time ago, but keep finding more. I was wondering if this jam would still be good. I know that she always sterilized the jars and she put some kind of wax covering over the jam in a sealed jar. Would hate to throw this out if it is still good, but don't want to get the kids sick if its not.
Brooke
I have always used the 7 year rule of thumb, but I also know that I have had and ate jams that were even older than 7 years as long as the seals were still holding especially if they had the wax seal on top of the jam too.