As part of an ongoing series, we are publishing one recipe every week from Pontiac County Recipes, a small book that is home to a collection of kitchen secrets from across the region, published by Pontiac Printshop in 1968.

This recipe was begging to be in the paper this week. Nothing could be more perfect than this simple frozen jam recipe when it’s this hot and the strawberries are ripe. So here’s the pitch: beat the heat, save time, and make sure any ripe berries you have don’t go to the birds by making delicious jam without a long stovetop simmer.

Our rediscovery of this book last year has inspired us to recirculate its recipes, by way of this newspaper, through the communities from which they first came to us.

If you recognize a recipe from either your grandparents’ kitchen, or from your own, please write to us. We would love to hear about how these recipes have lived on.