Jams & Jelly
07-10-2011, 09:51 AM
#32
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lower Michigan
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I've made strawberry jam and black raspberry jelly. My husband and I picked wild black raspberries on the 4th of July. We found a new patch but there was lots of poison ivy we had to walk through. We went ahead and picked, then as soon as we got home walked to the laundry room and all clothes and shoes went in the washer for a hot water wash, and we scrubbed ourselves with Tecnu. Thankfully neither of us broke out. The jelly is very good so it was worth it.
07-10-2011, 10:35 AM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
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One year I made something like 16 cases of jams and jellies. I made habanero-peach, raspberry-peach, sweet cherry-raspberry, blackberry-plum, jalapeno, blueberry-rhubarb, cinnamon apple, cinnamon pear, Dr Pepper, Mt Dew, and apricot-red pepper. I think there were some strawberry ones too but I don't remember what I mixed it with. I pretty much don't do single flavor jams and only a very few single flavor jellies.
The blackberry-plum was my favorite. The apricot-red pepper was the very best over cream cheese. The habanero-peach was actually hot and excellent for glazing pork roast.
The blackberry-plum was my favorite. The apricot-red pepper was the very best over cream cheese. The habanero-peach was actually hot and excellent for glazing pork roast.
07-10-2011, 11:40 AM
#35
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Dora, Mo
Posts: 160
My DH has picked 12 gals of wild blackberries from here on our farm. I have made jam & jam & jam. Made a cobbler & a pie. Froze 10 packages for later. Also made a topping for icecream, oh is it good.
Took neighbor some , his wife doesn't like it. We still have probably 20 to 30 gal out there. He had to go out of town today for 2 weeks & I can't go out, poison ivy & I really get it. Hope we still have some when he comes home. Love this place.
Took neighbor some , his wife doesn't like it. We still have probably 20 to 30 gal out there. He had to go out of town today for 2 weeks & I can't go out, poison ivy & I really get it. Hope we still have some when he comes home. Love this place.
07-10-2011, 02:55 PM
#38
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,037
Grandkids and I just finished Mullberry Jelly and it is wonderful too. They picked the berries and I did the cleaning then they each took turns squeezing them into juice. Then it was back to my turn cooking the juice and placing the jelly into the jars. What a wonderful time had by all.
07-10-2011, 03:16 PM
#40
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Utah
Posts: 5,496
I usually make Choke cherry and elderberry jelly. But this year, I don't think I will get any berries. We have a bear at the cabin that stripped all the choke cherry trees and who knows if I will have any elderberries.
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