Oh I LOVE strawberry jam on freshly baked biscuits ahhhh nothing better!

Use of paraffin wax for sealing is an outdated and unsafe method of sealing. Refrigerating is the ONLY safe thing to do for this recipe. It is also not a 'canning' recipe and cannot safely be canned since it uses gelatin, a meat product.

I appreciate your concern and have read that on some of the forums but I use it annually and have had no problems with it; however, I do not use it for this since it is for gift baskets that are used immediately. Also use it in Christmas candies.

I'm not concerned about what you may do in your own home (though a prayer goes out to the people you give the stuff too), but I'm concerned when such outdated recipes are made public and unknowledgeable people somehow think it is safe because it was posted here.

Botulism poisoning is not something that just makes you sick, it kills.

familiar with botulism; the danger is there in many, many foods. I am not worried about using it is this recipe, which is a newby, not at all an outdated one.

If anyone is worried about the recipe I am sure they would exercise their personal judgement in whether or not they want to use it. I haven't killed anyone yet and I have a couple of cook books out there.