LOL Thanks.
GCV... canning and jelly making really isn't that hard. Well...at least the little that I do. The hardest part about making the jelly is making the juice. But, at least for me, that's only because the grapes aren't "store" quality. I have to rinse them and then pick them all of the stems, sort the bad ones and make sure I have all the spider webs off. LOL Basically though...you just boil 3 1/2 pounds of grapes, 1 1/2 cups of water, strain them through a cone shaped collander and voila! Juice! As for the jelly itself...I use the recipe that is included in the box of pectin. I just glanced at it yesterday but I believe it's 5 cups of juice, 7 cups of sugar (???) the box of pectin and you boil it and then fill your jars. Of course...you have your jars and lids in a pot also but it's not hard....just kind of a PITA.
Same with canning tomatoes, which is all I know how to can. You have your jars and lids in hot water, boil your maters, fill the jars, slap a lid on and as they cool, the lids seal. Corn is one that is easy peasy. Clean and cook it as you would to eat but only boil for a couple of minutes. Take the corn out, put the ears in cold water to stop them cooking, cut the corn off the cob, throw it in freezer bags and toss it in the freezer. My problem is that I eat almost as much as I put up when I'm doing it.
3Shadows......um....they are green. LOL That's about all I know. They don't usually get as big as the ones in the store and they do have seeds but they are pretty good. My neighbor has a grape vine and hers, I believe, are Concord. I don't know if she does anything with hers....I may go knock on her door today.
Linda...you SHOULD lay about on your birthday! LOL
I'm hoping to get a decent batch. I got enough juice to fill a gallon milk jug almost to the neck. Each 5 cup batch of juice is supposed to make 8 cups of jelly. Keep your fingers crossed! LOL I heard a story yesterday about my G'ma...she made some one year but it didn't set. So....she went out and bought jelly at the store, put it in her own jars and passed it off as her own! LOL
Feel free to send a jar of jelly my way... YUM!
