Lisa and I made homemade grape jelly using the grapes from the orchard. It was a two day process but I think it will be worth it. We started on Tuesday cleaning and de-stemming the grapes, that is not a fun job - yuck! We then washed the grapes and placed then into a big pot where we smashed all the grapes. Once we were done smashing the grapes we cooked the grapes then poured the juice into a container and then let it sit over night!
Yesterday we strained the juice using cheese cloth and then placed the juice it in a pot where we added 7 cups of sugar and stirred it until the sugar dissolved. Then we brought it to a rolling boil that got a little out of hand and made a bit of a mess all over the store. Luckily we got it all cleaned up and continued making the jelly. We added pectin to the boiled juice mixture then skimmed the foam for the top of the mixture. We read that the foam was the best tasting thing. After tasting it if the jelly tastes half as good as the foam we are in for some good jelly. After skimming we poured the mixture into 1/2 pint jars then sealed them. We made eight 1/2 pint jars of jelly and in a couple of days we will be able to taste it.
Okay so last night we got to taste the Dill Pickles we made on Monday. All I can say is they were delicious. We ate one whole jar and opened a second. Glad we made a view jars so we will be able to enjoy them for a while. Check back tomorrow and I will give you the update on the Bread and Butter pickles and how they tasted!
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