This one's for you Jake, to practice on, because it can be made any time of the year with canned pineapple and bananas from the store. Warning: It's especially good as an ice-cream topping, with coconut and chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, or even peanuts are good but I always preferred pecans) added at serving time.

Pineapple-Banana
Jam

This recipe from Grit Magazine in the 1960's.

1 (#2) can crushed pineapple, with juice

5 ripe medium bananas, mashed coarsly (use a potato masher)

(fruit will measure about 6 C)

7 1/2 C sugar (sometimes I only use about 6 cups)

1 bottle liquid pectin

Add sugar to fruit in large saucepan
and mix well. (stir in a pat of margarine to eliminate need to skim
foam.) Bring to full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat and at once stir in pectin. Then cool
5 minutes to prevent floating fruit. Ladle into hot jars and seal.

Jake, just so you know, there may be people on the canning forum that will say this recipe is not safe because the canning institute says jam must be sealed in a boiling water bath.

When I make jam, I have my jars already hot. There are lots of ways to accomplish this. I usually do it by filling jars halfway full and setting them down into a pan of water, bring the whole thing to a gentle boil and then keep on simmer till the jam is ready. Drain the water out of each jar as it is time to fill it. Drop your canning flats and rings into the hot water as you take out the jar, they will get good and hot by the time you have filled the jar and wiped off your jar rim. Then put on the flat and screw the ring down on top. Set each jar out of the way on a clean kitchen towel or a few newspapers. Generally they will seal as they cool, you will hear the snap when this happens. If you have any that don't seal, put them in the refrigerator after they've cooled, and keep them there till you can use them up.

Have some fun with this one and don't forget to buy some vanilla (or chocolate) ice cream so you can eat the mistakes. LOL

I can't eat this sort of thing anymore (health reasons) so I'll live vicariously through you and your family. My kids and grandkids fought over this jam. --Ilene