Strawberry Preserves - and the Winner is....

The clear winner of my preserves "war" was the basic recipe with pectin and nothing else. I made 3 batches. #1 and #2 are described previously, #3 used pectin but also a little bit of lemon juice. Both 2 and 3 are too runny to really use on sandwiches. I have found that #2 makes a great strawberry yogurt when combined with plain yogurt, so that's a consolation. The taste of the second is very cooked, even though I pulled out the berries to cook down the liquid. I will not make it again, or at least I don't think so. Again, KISS.