Jam. It’s sticky, sweet and fruity - goes well with toast. I don’t rank it highly among foodstuffs, but I prefer it over marmalade when spread on hot bread slices.

Jelly makes a fruity dessert. Non-fruity jelly also exists, like the jelly inside pork pies (which are usually more pie than pork). Jelly is not good on toast.

Not a very comprehensive review, but it should be enough to confirm your suspicions and help you identify one from the other.

Posted by Edward, filed under Britain. Date: September 3, 2007, 8:52 pm |

4 Responses to “Review: Jelly vs. Jam”

  1. CrazyMAC Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Should you ever mix the two up, just repeat this simple song.

    Jelly on a plate,
    Jelly on a plate,
    Wibble, wobble,
    Wibble, wobble,
    Jelly on a plate!

  2. Jelly, not Jam » Blog Archive » Review: Jelly IS Jam Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 pm

    […] truth is very hard to come by. I guess it’s down to me to tell you the real truth. In a recent post, Edward described to everyone what he thought jelly and jam were. In reality, all of it was […]

  3. kat m Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    jam is nice and so is jelly but in uk we assosiate jelly as the stuck that wobbles and you have with ice cream :P yummy XD jw whats our jelly (as in the ice cream desert stuffs) called in usa? it really fasinates me :P

  4. Jack Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    whats our jelly (as in the ice cream desert stuffs) called in usa? it really fasinates me

    In America, your Jelly is our “Jell-O”. Check it out here.