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Cake day: July 27th, 2023

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  • Hello United States citizen. Believe it or not, there are English speaking countries other than the United States. Not only is this true, they also use the same English words to describe different things.

    In the UK, jam refers to the typically fruit based spread you eat with something like bread. Seeds? No seeds? It’s all jam. Jelly refers to a gelatinous gelatin dessert, commonly known as Jell-O in the United States.

    Marmalade is a jam made using a citrus fruit and its peel. Shockingly, it means the same thing in both countries and would be referred to as jam in both.

    In the United States, jelly is what you stated. The same thing but with the entire fruit, which you incorrectly dubbed preserves, is called jam. Preserves, specifically fruit preserves, refers to either as it is specifically defined as a preparation of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar. Jam, jelly (in freedumb speech), and marmalade are all fruit preserves, as are fruit chutneys and conserves.

    Tl;dr: you’re on the Internet. Before authoritatively and incorrectly correcting someone, consider using it to verify that you’re actually correct first.