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CurrentLet us take you back in time with our all natural, hand-crafted, unique jams, butters and chutneys, lovingly hand cooked and jarred in small batches with the freshest seasonal fruits and the finest ingredients - no corn syrup, commercial pectin, colors or preservatives. We pair both fruits and vegetables with interesting flavors like boiled cider syrup from a 100 year old Vermont press, Hawaiian crystallized ginger, the highest quality vinegars and spirits, island Madagascar vanilla beans, and both Barry Callebaut and Valrhona bittersweet chocolates to name just a few. The company was founded by Wendy Read. She was born and grew up in New Jersey and her corporate IT job brought her to Longwood Florida in 1991. She always yearned to do something more creative than engineering voice network capacity for a major telecom corporation, and thankfully she was freed from the bounds of corporate America in June of 2008! She re-invented herself and pursued her passion. She had always been drawn to cooking and baking, she collected hundreds of cookbooks over the years and had dabbled a bit in jam making. She bought her first gorgeous copper jam pot in December of 2008 and the rest we shall say, is now history! Bubbling and brewing and developing new flavors became her passion. The jams are processed in small batches, never using corn syrup, pectin, preservatives or colors. These jams take much longer to process than commercial jams as pectin is not added to form the gel. All the fruits are cut and processed by hand using only fresh, quality ingredients. Her hope is that Sunchowder’s Emporia jams and chutneys will become pantry staples and wonderful time savers in your kitchen as they make fabulous glazes, dips and appetizers for mealtimes. They can be added to quick breads and cookies for truly unique baked goods. We truly want you to “Spread the Luv!”
