I tried to use a juicer for raspberries, but because of all the small seeds, it quickly plugged up the strainer. Instead, I suggest that you use the Villaware food strainer with the fine holed berry screen. When I use that method, I never usually see any seeds left in the juice. If you can freeze the berries, you may be able to decide on what method to use. Some still prefer to the old jelly bag, which can take a while. Most pectin packages contain recipes for making jams of all kinds.

I have a recipe for Raspberry Jelly from BLUE RIBBOB PRESERVES that calls for 3 1/2 quarts of frozen or fresh raspberries to make 4 cups of raspberry juice. I use this recipe to make something more like a jam because I don't strain the juice over and over till it is clear - I like it with a little more substance to it.

I would mash the raspberries using a strainer and the back of a spoon. Just mash them through. Add the strawberries to the mashed up berries. You can use any type of fruit until you have the amount called for in the recipe. I like to add currant juice to berry jam.

Over the summer I made jams with raspberries and my husband is picky about seeds too. I used the food mill strianer thing- the kind that is like a bowl with a crank (I am horrible with official names). But anyways, I bought it at Meijers last summer. It had 3 different screens for the bottom. I heated the berries, dumped them in and cranked it using the smallest screen. It got about 95% of the seeds out. Raspberries were in short supply for us this year, so I added some other fruit to them. A left over peach, a few strawberries, and some blueberries- making 4 fruit jam. I didn't think about it for a while until last month when hubby and I were home sick I found a few jars in the back of the cupboard- wow. It was amazing!

Well, anyways- good luck with the jam. I am sure your kids will love it!

happy jamming!
bluejean in ohio

bluejean, I had the same experience with my Squeezo food mill. Even using the smallest of the three screens I have, some of the small seeds got through.

I'm with Shirley, I'd just mash the berries through a fine strainer or sieve and use the pulp, measuring as I would measure mashed berries with the seeds left in.

Annie

The pot shape with a top crank strainer is a called a Foley. Today, they are very useful with things like apples and such, but most of these only have a single sized sieve so your going to get some seeds sneaking through. Annies, Squeezo, I believe may be an older type where the hole size is just ever so slightly larger, which will pass some smaller seeds through. When I run red raspberries through my Villaware using the berry screen, rarely do I see any seeds at all. The holes are not fine enough for strawberry or blueberry seeds though, but they tend to be less of a problem. I always get a raspberry seed stuck in the same place next to one of my fillings, and have to use a dental pick to dig it out..