Many believe that thorns and drenches are different names for the same berry. In fact, everything is a bit wrong. The turn is a wild shrub, and the thorns are a subspecies of home plums. In other words, the dresser is a natural hybrid of wild thorns and cultivated plums, which eventually turned out to be bigger and sweeter than thorns, but smaller and more terrible plums.
Otherwise, close relatives of thorns and ternosliva are very similar in their beneficial qualities in terms of their impact on human health and in gastronomic properties. The latter are best manifested in the jam, which, due to its noble maroon color, rich aroma, sweet-sour and characteristic tart taste, which is made of thorns, and that of the suckers is practically no different from each other.
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What you need: kitchen appliances and utensils
For the preparation of the product, any enamel-covered container is suitable, the main requirement for which is that the enamel is uncracked, in order to avoid the harmful oxidative processes that occur when the metal interacts with the hot liquid.
To mix the product, you need a large spoon - preferably wooden or plastic, which are much less damaging to the vitamins than the metal.
Find out what is fraught with the use of thorns for human health.Glass jars with hermetic closures are best suited for storing the finished jam.
If it becomes necessary to strain the dessert or separate its liquid substance from the seed, for example, for making jam, then a colander is required. 
Did you know? If blackthorn berries and its leaves are well roasted and then ground, then they make a good drink, very similar to the taste of coffee.
How to choose products: features and nuances
The quality of the future jam, first of all, determines the raw material from which it will boil. To choose the right berries, you need to know some of the subtleties of this process.
What varieties fit
The thorns ripen not together at the same time, but, depending on the variety, they stretch this process from mid-autumn to the very frost. However, this circumstance does not significantly affect the quality of the berries themselves, but only allows the person to plan his time and actions correctly in order to make the most of all the convenient opportunities provided by this plant.
Berry requirements
Much more important is the condition of the berries of each variety in a certain period of their ripening. And here the iron rule applies: for dessert, it is better to use unripened and slightly hard fruits than overripe and soft fruits. 
And to choose the best option, you need to look at the color of the skin of the berries, which should be radically dark blue, and the pulp, which is desirable rich pink hue.
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How to Make Pitted Pit Mash
Grocery list:
- berries of dwarf - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- boiled water - 1-2 glasses;
- citric acid - pinch on the tip of the knife.
Step-by-step instruction:
- wash berries;
- remove bones from them;
- put a layer of berries on the bottom of the enamel pan;
- cover them with a layer of sugar;
- repeat the process;
- cover the filled container with a lid and leave it at night;
- after this period, add water to the pan;
- to stir thoroughly;
- put on fire;
- after boiling reduce heat;
- remove the foam from the jam;
- cook over low heat for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally and removing the foam;
- check readiness by dropping a drop on a saucer: if it does not spread, then the product is ready;
- after the jam is ready, add citric acid to the tip of the knife;
- pour the product into sterilized containers and close the lids.
Did you know? Juice extracted from thorns, as well as from its roots, can be a good coloring tool, whose palette includes red, green, yellow, gray and brown colors.
Dumpling jam with stones
Grocery list:
- berries - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 1.5 cups.
Step-by-step instruction:
- wash berries thoroughly;
- each berry with a toothpick pierced in several places;
- cook syrup from water and sugar;
- cool it down;
- add berries to it;
- leave to infuse for a day;
- carefully using skimmers to get the berries out of the syrup;
- bring the syrup to a boil again;
- pour the berries back into the hot syrup;
- cook until ready;
- ready to pour dessert on the banks;
- Close the cans with a paper soaked in vodka and tie up the neck with a thin rope.
The composition of BZHU and calorie jam
In this product, there are no fats or proteins, but a lot of carbohydrates (9.4 g per 100 g), which give it considerable caloric content - 248 kcal per 100 g of jam.
What is the use of thorn jam
Thorn jam is saturated with a very solid set of useful substances in the form of carotene, tocopherol (better known as vitamin E), ascorbic acid (vitamin C). There are also many fatty acids and oils, alcohols, tannins, steroids in the product.
A good balance of nutrients in the dessert of thorns, as well as their quantitative characteristics determine the high preventive and therapeutic value of this dessert product, which is expressed in:
- strengthening the immune system;
- optimization of metabolism;
- disinfecting properties;
- diuretic qualities;
- prevention of edema;
- normalization of the gastrointestinal tract.
Important! Despite its obvious sweetness, thorny jam does not discourage, like many other desserts, but, on the contrary, improves appetite.
Can pregnant, lactating and children
The pronounced anti-emetic qualities of this product fall to the most pregnant women, especially in the first trimester. Not less useful for them is the ability of jam to force the elimination of toxins and wastes from the body, which is extremely important in case of toxicosis.
To strengthen the immune system take echinacea, cornel, bee pollen, horseradish, garlic, onions, calendula, aloe.A rich set of vitamins and minerals in the dough jelly is extremely valuable for the body of a nursing mother.
And children, in addition to the pleasure of this delicious product, also receive real benefits for their body in the form of increasing its immunity. From here they have increased resistance to catarrhal diseases. Thorny jam also has anti-inflammatory qualities, fighting off infectious problems in the mouth in children.
We increase the benefit
As you can see, thorny jam is very useful. But these qualities can be further increased by adding to the turn in the manufacture of jam any other berries or fruits, which not only strengthens the existing useful properties, but also allows you to add new ones.
Recipe for Cornberry Jam with Apples
For its preparation, you need to take 1 kg of fresh berries of the dresser and as many red apples. Still need 1.5 kg of sugar and half a liter of water. Apples need to be peeled and be sure to cut out the middle of them.
Then the apples are cut into pieces, together with the thorns are put in a saucepan, poured with water and put on medium heat. Bringing the mixture to a boil, boil it for about eight minutes until cooked, which is characterized by complete softening of the fruit.
The resulting mass is rubbed through a sieve, sugar is added to it, and the mixture is placed on the fire, on which it is boiled for five to six minutes with active stirring.
Store dessert in sterilized and hermetically sealed cans.
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How to make blackthorn and orange jam
To 1.5 kg of seedless berries should add 1 kg of oranges. But pre-citrus fruits must be rid of the peel, all white layers and seeds. Zest should be grated. And the oranges themselves, cut into small pieces, put the layers in an enamel saucepan along with thorns, each layer sprinkled with sugar. In the middle of the layers is recommended to put grated zest. 
After all these manipulations, the resulting mixture should be left at room temperature for about a day, and then, thoroughly mixed, put on a small fire and boil until thick. Keep the jam should, like all similar products.
The recipe for thorns and cherry plums
We take 1 kg of thorny berries, so much yellow cherry plum and 450 g of juicy pears. Berries should be removed from the seed, and pears free from the inedible middle, and cut them into small pieces.
Then the berries and pears should be placed in an enamel bowl, pour 1.2 kg of sugar into it, mix everything well and let the mixture stand for about three hours.
Then you need to put it on the stove, bring to a boil, reduce the heating temperature to a minimum and add about 500 g of chopped hazelnuts to the heated mass. Stir all this again and cook for another twenty minutes. The storage of this product is no different from the storage of other preserves.
Possible harm and contraindications
The thorns and drenches belong to those plants whose harm to humans is minimal. In addition to people who suffer from individual intolerance to any component of these berries or for whom they act as allergens, the rest of these fruits are not in danger. 
As for the jam, it is relieved of such a nuisance for a person as an increase in acidity in the stomach, unlike raw thorny berries.
Important! You should not eat the nucleoli of the thorns seed because of the presence of a very toxic substance - amygdalin.But the large presence of sugar in the jam makes people with diabetes be wary of it. But this, however, can be said about any sweetness, so no more than the others are to blame for the dresser.
Some experts believe that this product and people with liver and thyroid problems should be used with caution.
Apart from the infamous crown of thorns, no more reprehensible thorns were seen. But there are a lot of healthy qualities in it, and the thorny berry jam is considered to be one of the best desserts that decorate a person’s table at any time of the year, but is especially in demand in winter in addition to a hot cup of tea.
