Making Uncle Steve's Grape Jelly in Appalachia
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Last week my brother Steve shared his grape harvest with me. Watch this video to see how Corie and I turned the bounty into jelly. I also point out wild Fox Grapes that grow in the mountains of Appalachia and share a few stories about them from Pap. This video really highlights the importance of putting up food in Appalachia and making sure the next generation continues the tradition.
Grape Jelly with low sugar pectin
5lbs of grapes processed to extract juice
You'll need 5 1/2 cups juice
3 1/2 cups sugar
Mix 1/4 cup sugar (from the 3 1/2 cups sugar) with sure jel low sugar pectin and stir into grape juice. Cook until mixture comes to a boil. Add rest of sugar; stir to fully dissolve sugar. Bring to a rolling boil and boil one minute. Ladle hot jelly into hot sterilized jars and seal. Can be water bath processed for 5 minutes if so desired.
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grape jelly and melted butter on toast are what dreams are made of.
🙂 Jelly toast is hard to beat!
My mother lost her mother at birth & was raised by a aunt. She had 3 sisters & 1 brother. She was born in 1925. Times were hard then & she started making bread at age 12 and made 6 loaves a week. She did that for 78 years. I remember her making jams & jelly of every kind. We only needed 2-3 loaves a week and she gave away 3-4 loaves a week often with some jam or jelly. I remember us doing 60 jars of blackberry jam one July. Every teacher I had got a loaf a week. The Lord gave us more than we needed. Mom passed in 2020 at the age of 94. I sure do miss the fresh jam on on a hot slice of her bread. Thanks for jarring my memories.
What wonderful memories Mark-thank you for sharing them!!
I love grape jelly and that looks delicious. And saying “be careful” is just a way of saying I love you.
It is a way of saying I love you-thank you Rick 🙂
It definitely is.
These are just like the grapes my grandparents had growing on a fence on their farm...in later years my grandma didn't make jelly anymore because her kids were all grown...I would eat those grapes until I would often get a tummy ache...
Mother always made jelly, and we did pick a lot of wild grapes and raspberries in the woods near us. Mother used a jelly bag (old pillowcase) to strain her jelly, and she used Certo liquid pectin. If she couldn't find liquid pectin, she'd be in an awful snit. She used old baby food jars to put it in. After the jelly was in the jars, a layer of paraffin wax went on top, then the cap. You know that was a long time ago. It's a wonder we lived! That was life in the wild and woolly 1960's. So many things that we did back them would just curl your hair now. Thanks for another wonderful video, it amazes me how familiar a lot of things you do are so familiar to me.
I love this! I didn’t grow up learning to can…taught myself and I really want to try the wax method.
My Mom learned to make jelly from her Mom. My Mom used spreadable-cheese jars and used the wax on top!
Mom would let us chew on the wax. Everyone wanted our PB&J at lunchtime. We, to, got our mother's grape jelly in the 60's
Well said on smelling the sunshine when opening a jar of 'fresh' tomatoes in Winter. Mmm.
Tipper, that jelly looks wonderful. There is nothing as satisfying as home made jelly. This has been a real treat to watch.
My favorite jelly just happens to be grape! Hint, Hint!
🙂 Thanks Miss Cindy!
Just watching this triggers memories so vivid that I can smell the aromas coming from Grandma's kitchen when she was making grape jelly back in the early 1960's. Thank you so much!
Its the best smell 🙂
@@CelebratingAppalachia - I picked six pints of blackberries en route to a job interview in 1982.
Made jam the next day, with only sugar added. Tasted harshly mettalic, inedible.
I wasted all those fresh plump berries.
😗
@@rethinkcps2116 sorry about that!
Don't know which color is more beautiful - the violet or the grape jelly! I can imagine both are delicious.
First time I made cornbread in my skillet this morning! Came out pretty good..
Also took the strings off my sugar snap peas yesterday. I don't think a string could be found when I was finished.
You're a very good influence! 😄🍇🍀
Yay! That all sounds great Jane 🙂
Hello Jane,,, IM 66 IN KENTUCKY,,,ALL OLDER WOMEN ALL MY LIFE,,, KEPT ONE CAST IRON SKILLET THAT THEY ONLY MADE THEIR CORNBREAD IN ,,, I HAVE A 93 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR SHE STILL MAKES CORNBREAD IN HER CAST IRON SKILLET AND ALWAYS TELLS STORIES OF HIDING THE SKILLET WHEN NOT IN USE TO KEEP SOMEONE FROM FRYING SOMETHING IN IT ,,, MY MOTHER GAVE ME MY GRANDMOTHERS GRISWOLD CAST IRON SKILLET ITS VERY OLD ,,I WILL SOON GIVE IT TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER, I ONLY HAVE TWO SONS ,,THEIR WIVES WONT USE IT,, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WILL ,IF SHE DOESNT USE IT SHE WILL CHERISH IT ,,,,♥️👵🏻
@@LB-eh5fz You sound just like Tipper! I think she also has one special skillet for her cornbread. I finally treated myself to one last year but haven't used it much until this past week. I don't know the first thing about seasoning a cast iron skillet and even less about cooking in one! Thank goodness I ran across the cornbread video from Celebrating Appalachia. On the other hand, I do have a very large and precious dutch oven that my mother gave me about 20 years ago. I was thrilled when she handed it to me as she used it to make pork butt potatoes and cabbage in it -- one of our favorites. Thank you for your reply - be well. 🐬
My father-in-law's neighbor let me pick his grapes so I came on RUclips to find a recipe. I've never made grape jelly so I'm excited to try your recipe 😋😁
Great stories about the mustache 🤣Oh boy does this bring back memories , even down to the “foldy sandwich” .. 1 of my favorite days of the year .. Momma turned her jars upside down too 👍
The figs are coming in at our old homeplace where my neice lives now. Fig preserves are my favorite. My sister has a dehydrator. She dries a lot of figs. They are like candy!
Fresh fig are my favorite! I bet home dried figs are delicious!
@@bconsilio3764 they really are!
Fig preserves are my favorite too. I’m having a hard time keeping them from freezing back in the winter here. They don’t freeze below ground just the bush.
@@stephenpickard3150 mom has lost a few due to freezing over the years. We live in the Piedmont area of NC so our winters can be fairly mild.
My sister in law lives in western Kentucky and hers do great. Just gets a little to cold here in S.E. Kentucky according to my extension agent.
My grandparents in TN had plum trees that my grandmother would make wonderful jelly out of. That would have to be my favorite, then peach, apple and grape. But as long as it's homemade 😋 they are all my favorites.
My favorite jelly that we make is vanilla peach peel jelly. After it sets for a few weeks to a month when all the flavors meld together is when it tastes best. The flavor kinda reminds me of peaches 'n' cream. Great video. Thank you.
I could smell and taste Uncle Steve’s jelly from here in the foothills of NC. Loved this video and love to see the bond between you and Corie! The Lord has richly blessed you!
Grape jelly is my personal favorite. I have a large amount of Concord grapes on my property, and growing up we had concord grapes too. They make delicious juice too.
Your analogy of openung a jar of tomatoes in the winter and smelling summer & feeling the warm sun on your arms, was priceless. I have thought the exact same thing when I open a jar of my canned tomatoes. ❤🙏❤
Wife made grape jelly this week too, it taste good,I had some on my pancakes this morning.She made her's the same way.Thanks Tipper and Corie for sharing your grape jelly making expertise 🙂.Whose going to have bragging rights on the jelly, You or Granny. I'd say Granny probably 🙂.Have a Great Week Tipper.
You know it will be Granny LOL! Thank you Donald 🙂
We were at our daughters house in SC this weekend at their new place. They have lots of “wild grapes”. Maybe they can make some jelly for the kids. Great video. Ty for sharing 😁
Thank you. What a wonderful step by step video. And I love that the younger generation learns too! I have my mom's grape vines, and I made concord grape jam this year. I wish she was here to share it with me. And you are correct. The smell and the color were just beautiful.
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
I’m watching this video in late December and I can smell the fresh grapes cooking on the stove. Grape jelly is my favorite of all the fruits but I’m the only one in my family who will eat it. Everyone else loves homemade strawberry jam. I’ve recently started making strawberry freezer jam. I love listening to your stories and watching your videos. God bless
I think my favorite jelly is probably fig, but I do love grape jelly. We had grape vines growing up and while we never made jelly - I think my mom felt like she'd made enough of it when she was a kid from their grape vines - we did pick the leaves early in the season to make stuffed grape leaves, and I loved eating the grapes right from the vine. We also had peach trees and fig trees and there is nothing like picking fruit from your tree and eating it right there in the yard!
Enjoyed your video. I’ve always had a taste for homemade muscadine grape jelly. God bless you for sharing these videos focusing on the simple life. - Tennessee Smoky
You are so welcome!
I think that it's great that you have such a wonderful helper. My grandmother told me that her mother taught her how to cook and stuff. My grandmother came up from 04 through 20 30 40 ect. I remember that she said that when she and her family came here from Tennessee that they rode in a wagon and horses. It took several days. I remember my grandmother saying that when my grandfather wanted to go visit his family they would take off walking thru the woods he knew all of the short cuts there were few roads and no cars. I know back then people would invite you to stay over night or let you rest. It was such a wonderful time my father told me that an old country preacher came around in an old pickup and take them to church the truck was full so the kids stood on the running boards and rode to the church at the old brush arbor.
Another nice visit. Listening & watching you & Corrie working together is so heartwarming. I used to watch & help my mother can applesauce & jam. She made a fig chutney with walnuts that was unforgettable. And the candied figs!! My grandmother canned many things. I loved the watermelon rind pickles and jam & pineapple/pear preserves & 🍑 peaches & pears. You are so sentimental. I love it. My mother's mother made juice from the concord grapes was delicious. But I loved her baking. Her rolls were amazing & cheese pastries. She also canned baby grape leaves for her stuffed grape leaves that were gold. I am getting lost in memories. Thank you.
Spent summers on our grandparents farm in southern Missouri. This brings back memmories of making muscadine and dewberry jelly for my grandparents.....hands stained purple from the fruit being squeezed throug the cheesecloth!
Dew berries are so good! Not many around here though.
My dad grew grape vines on two big metal poles shaped like a T with 4 cables strung between them, like a big clothesline. He fertilized them with rabbit droppings. Worked great. We had lots of grapes every year.
Looks so yummy. Great job Tipper and Corey. My husband has a little kumquat tree we got from California. He moves it into the house every winter and baby's that thing. Last year it finally had enough fruit that I made kumquat marmalade. This year it is covered up in tiny green fruit too. 😋 I think they ripen around the holidays. Now, I need to find a grapevine 😄
Oh what a wonderful thing! I hope they all make it this year too 🙂
Aw, how sweet to be able to go get grapes from your brother's garden. That's such a cute sign he had. Jelly looks delicious! Aw, was Corie crying at the end? Your brother, Steve is still ok, isn't he? My favorite jelly has to be blackberry jam, seeds and all!💜 Love and Blessings!!🌸🌻🌺
I've made tart cherry jelly the last couple of years. Always remember my mom and grandma making jelly. My wife had never made it so I figured it out. Don't lose that food mill, they don't make them like they used to that I can find. The one I got is a sorry excuse. Love to see your videos, my family comes from the Ashe County NC area.
My grandparents had a peach tree that always had an abundant harvest. Grandma and Grandpa made lots of canned peach preserves, peach jam, and peach jelly. Us kids always looked forward to August, September, and October because that was canning season. When we helped, we always got to eat the foam as a treat.
Grape jelly was the first kind I ever made in Jr High school home economics class. We used bottled grape juice and sealed the jars with wax. I like grape but will do a strawberry jam every couple of years now. That’s my favorite.
My grandmother always did a lot of canning. Her biscuits and pear preserves were the best I have ever eaten. Your video brought back memories of her working in her kitchen.
I love grape jelly. When I was a child, Mom would make grape jelly and grape juice concentrate every year. Your jelly looks absolutely beautiful!
We have wild grapes we call Mustang grapes, they are very similar to the grapes you are processing and are very acidic, but make excellent jelly. I do the same process that you showed and its the best grape jelly ever. If I don’t have enough juice for a last batch, I’ll add apple juice and make a grape-apple jelly. I never thought to freeze extra, but I have added sugar and canned it for juice to drink.
Your video brought to mind my great-grandmother's grape jelly - there was nothing like it. The only big difference about hers to yours was that she put a layer of wax on top of the jelly in the jar. Great memories. Thanks so much!
Aside from all the tomatoes my parents put up, we had a wild grape vine that ran the length of one side of our property. I remember my mom making jelly and at that time, she poured paraffin on top of them rather than using lids. She also made crab apple jelly from the tree in our yard. It was such a pretty pale pink and I really loved the taste of it.
I love your videos, and this one's no exception. I make a lot of jam--mostly strawberry and plum--but I have never made grape jelly, and I'm eager to try it. Your instructions in the video are so clear--thank you! You all are delightful, and I enjoy the virtual visits with you as much as I do the recipes. Best wishes.
Brings back such memories. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
How fun! So nice to be gifted fresh fruit. I’ve never had homegrown grapes or their jelly. I’m sure it’s delicious. My husband just planted two grapevines for us so in the next few years, I’ll get to taste it myself! Thanks again for another great peek into your world!
My mother would make blackberry jelly that was just wonderful! Today I'm canning peach pie filling.
I just discovered this channel a couple months ago, but it has quickly become one of my all time favorites. Keep up the good work, Tipper! What an enjoyable & informative channel this is!
Glad you enjoy it! 🙂
This reminds me of when mama & me made grape jelly. Daddy had a really good grapevine arbor & it was usually full of grapes once it matured. We used sure gel too. When you said you "looked" the grapes, mama always said that especially with pinto beans & other stuff from the garden. This brought back sweet memories! I sure miss the goodness from the garden. Thanks y'all & God bless from chilly VA! 🍇 💗
i could smell that,,,,made grape jelly last week,,,,,,,love it, and today is apple cider syrup, the house smells are amazing when cooking fruit , love to make three batches at a time, and its usually time to can something else, i always use quarts also
When I first moved to Utah in 2010 I learned how to make freezer jam, and it has been such a joy to know how to do. And I've made so much of it. I look forward to making it more when I move back to Kentucky to live near my parents. I never knew that there were wild grapes. I wonder if it's in West Kentucky, I shall have to look. Thanks for another beautiful video. I adore seeing how you interact with your girls. They are the sweetest.
Jars of sunshine! We had some good vines of concord grapes. We put up jelly every year when I was growing up. Mom always used paraffin to seal the tops. Cover the top with foil to keep the dust out.
Ah no, the foam is what my Mom would let us eat that day after skimming it off. Tastes wonderful.
I miss my grandmother’s homemade grape jelly, rhubarb jelly, pear butter and apple butter! ❤️
Tipper, your sweet, calm voice is so beautiful to listen to. You have such a peaceful way of doing things...not hurried or rushed, and it is balm for my soul! Thank you for doing these videos. I love them so very much.
Thanks so much 😀
I LOVE using my chinois for berry-type jellies! Right now I’m using mine to process elderberries!
My grandmother Margaret had concord grape vines. She made the best grape jelly. 🍇 Such beautiful memories.
Brings back the last time mommy and me put up strawberry jelly. We picked a mess of Ozark beauty berries, enough to put back 26 pints of jelly. That was the last time mommy was able to put anything back, thankyou for the memories. God Bless.
Seventy years ago, I remember helping {watching} my German Grandma make Grape Jelly and Pear Peel Butter. After finishing the jelly, she would make tarts with it. I got to cut the pastry with a noodle cutter; and the sprinkle sugar over the tarts before they went into the oven. The Pear Peel Butter was my absolute favorite. The recipe, has been lost thru time and the pear trees are long gone, but I still remember the Bee Stings when I refused to give up my Pear Peel Butter sandwich. Thanks for the memories.......
Again Thanks, for taking me back. I had a big Granny and a Little Granny. Lord how I loved them both!! Big Granny made Damsom preserves, Heaven on a buttered biscuit !! Little Granny made the best biscuits ON THE PLANET !!! I'm still trying to get those just right . I enjoy cooking out here in my shop, Please keep the Posts coming, Y'all be careful !! DLS.
There is nothing quite as nice as homemade grape jelly. Love it! 😋
A half jelly sandwich and a glass of milk! My favorite breakfast as a child! ❤❤❤
Love your videos. Reminds me of my Grandma from the country. They were so poor when my dad was little in the 30’s. Food played such an important part in their lives. She passed that down to me.
I watched your blackberry jam video.....I have blackberries I've been picking! I like the idea of giving as gifts. Sometimes I make a pie or two. Loved your video today.
I think jars of jelly or other things you put up make great gifts 🙂
Love Grape jelly - Thank You for sharing
Ladies
I truly enjoy watching all your videos over and over again.
I found this one, I never seen before. 😊
God bless all of you🙏🙏🙏
Linda from Ct
I do love home canned grape jelly and blackberry jelly but
strawberry preserves are my favorite.
Matt loves strawberry too 🙂
I have my great grandmother’s sieve and wooden plunger and her dough bowl for making biscuits. I’m nearly 63 and I treasure those things.
I do enjoy your videos! Yours and the girls. I enjoy watching as you do family things together, whether it’s working in the gardens, cooking in the kitchen, walking along local trail, or out shopping, or just talking about life in general. Please keep ‘em coming!
Thank you so much!
Canned fruit products are so tasty, and like you said, a little summer sunshine in every jar!
That extra jelly would be a treat on ice cream.
Blackberry is my favorite too.
Great video! Brings back wonderful childhood memories, every year we would have a family outing with my aunt and her family to pick wild Mustang grapes for jelly. Mama and her sister would make the jelly at our house and I can remember them fussing over how much sugar to use, mama always wanted less and aunt Helen wanted more, not sure who actually won but in the end it always turned out delicious. Unfortunately over development has all but eliminated most of the wild grapes in my area over the years.
I gasped when I saw you pouring all that rinse water down the drain!! I keep a 5 gallon bucket handy to catch rinse water to use on my flowers and garden. I collect a half gallon of water waiting for my water to get hot in my kitchen and I hate wasting all that water. It really mounts up. I love your videos!! Beautiful jelly!
My grandma made what she called “Black Cap Jelly”. The best I can describe the berries is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. The aroma was wonderful and the jelly just sparkled. It was always my favorite and when we came to visit, Grandma always asked me if I wanted a piece of “jelly bread”. It was Wonder Bread with a generous slather of her home churned butter and Black Cap Jelly. She also made her strawberries into “Freezer Jam” and it was as good as any fresh strawberry. Talk about summer in a jar! Grandma and Pop-Pop raised strawberries for farmer’s market when I was growing up in Ritchie County, West Virginia. Don’t we always think that where we grew up was the prettiest place in the world! ‘Deed, it was. Thank you for taking me back to those dusty old roads, Miss Tipper. I appreciate all you do to Celebrate Appalachia.
Thank you for the kind encouraging words! And for sharing those memories 😀
Hi I'm new to your channel. Thank you for sharing, as you did a fantastic post! I know your home smelled magnificent while cooking down the 🍇. I just picked my Concord 🍇which are fairly new vines. I learned from my grandmother how to make jam at the age of 15 and think of her always. Granny was important to me, as she always made pies, cookies, goodies, dinner and the best hot cocoa and everything was made from scratch and delicious! I'm soon 66 years old and yes the memories we have are dear and special to our hearts! I know see her and other family members in Heaven.♥️🙏🍇👍
Watch your videos. Enjoyed your making jelly. Reminds me of my childhood watching mom putting up jelly. Thanks for taking me to my childhood.
I just love you ladies'. Thank you for sharing your specialties.
Well done and thank you for taking the time to show us your process. My wife and I are about to try it for the first time. We are both 71 and this will be our first attempt at grape jelly. We made crabapple jelly yesterday (also a first). Cheers and thank you
Hope you enjoy!
Me & my PaPaw would Pick Black Berry's & mostly he would Pick. The He would make Jelly. Every year until he was 80. It was the Best. 100%
What great memories you have 🙂
Love grape jelly, but love all jelly, its like a taste of summer !
It is like storing up that summer goodness 🙂
OML I use to pick the 'FOX GRAPES' in Hope Mills NC when I was a little girl. They are gone in my area back home now. I am so happy to find out they are still growing........in Appalachia.
My favorite is the kind we have. You're family is lucky ❤ you keep the traditions alive. Thank you 😊
Blueberry and raspberry have long been my favorites, probably because that's what grows up here. It's too cold for grapes.
Great job on the outro, Corie. Thanks for the video, Tipper!
OHHHH IM GONNA MAKE ME A JELLY SANDWICH,,I GOT SOME JELLIES FROM LOCAL MENNONITES GOOSEBERRY IS THE ONE ILL OPEN ,THIS WAS SO GOOD TO WATCH ,,✨❤️❤️✨
Thank you LB-I love jelly sandwiches 🙂
I like grape jelly i get mine from the store its nothing like home made thank you and your Daughter for sharing this.
You are so welcome Joe! I hope you have a great week 🙂
A old Cherokee treat that I love is taking either wild grape, muscadine or grape juice and sweeten it a bit and cooking rolled dumplings in it. Thicken the juice up once the dumplings are cooked. It is a amazing dessert. 🍀
Sounds great!
Homemade grape jelly and preserves mmmm mmmm👍
Canning is something you gotta pass down like a heritage rite. Not to mention it makes the house smell like a home❤
Could almost smell the grapes from your kitchen. We had a grape arbor. Mom made both grape jelly and grape juice. Black raspberry is my favorite. Thanks
So enjoyed watching you make the jelly! I have a large bowl of figs ready to be made into preserves. So very satisfying to put up jams and jellies for the winter! Thank you for the demo! God bless
This makes me so happy to watch, reminds me of my granny.
My mouth is watering. Thanks for the visit! God Bless, Jean
Thank you too 🙂
Grape jelly is and always has been my all time favorite.
Loved your description of how you feel when you open a jar of tomatoes. Not silly at all.
Yes, jelly does taste so good on white bread. Haven't had that in years.
I really loved mother and daughter relationship!!
When I was a little girl, my mother used to make jelly out of the Concord grapes that grew near us. Concord grapes have a special taste (I guess all grapes do) and I remember it well. You may remember the town of Concord Massachusetts from your history books. Thanks for the jelly making lesson!
I bet that was some great jelly 🙂
Concord grapes are my favorite and near impossible to come by these days. Such a lovely flavor.
There is a good number of vineyards in my neck of the woods, but they mostly contract their entire crop to wine makers. Wine is a big industry on the west coast. My experience with Appalachian grape jelly came when I was a youngster of 18. I met some folks from Tennessee and we became friends. They never felt at home here, so they wanted to move back. They asked me to drive their truck back to Tennessee and then they paid for my plane ticket home. I got to see a lot of country. On the way back they gave me home canned jelly. Muscadine jelly they called it. Being 18, and more fool than man, I stuck the jelly jar in a shoe in my luggage. Of course it arrived in Portland broken, and I never got to taste the jelly. My shoes had a lovely aroma of grape thereafter.
Poor shoes 🙂
Love all fruit jelly and jam.🥰. That looks so good Tipper. 🤗
My sweet grandmaw made grape jelly and jam. Every Christmas she'd give me a jar. I looked forward to it more than I can tell. It was the best jelly and jam on earth. This bought a sweet memories to me.
I remember pitting Cherries 🍒 from our Cherry Tree and Mom would Freeze them.
This Video reminded me of it.
I Love the same kind of Jelly and Jams as you.
I love your stories along with the cooking. So wonderful. That jelly turned out beautifully.
I am sorry to write so many different things but when I see your videos it brings back so many wonderful memories about the times and people I love ❤️ thank you
I love your comments thank you for leaving them 😀
In addition to my grandparents ' peaches, we visited my great-grandparents (Gram and Granddad) every weekend. Gram was a little, old mountain woman who was born and raised in a hollow outside of Louisville. She, Grandad, and my grandpa moved to Arizona in 1916.
Gam grew up making biscuits every morning and homemade bread every other day. Granddad was a beekeeper as a hobby, and to provide fresh honey for the family. When we'd visit Gram and Granddad, Gram would make biscuits and slather it with fresh butter she got from one of the neighbors, then slather them in fresh honey. I especially loved the honey that was still in the comb.
I stopped boiling my jars years ago. Now I wash them well and rinse them and put them in my microwave oven. When my jelly starts coming to the second boil I turn the microwave on high for 2 minutes. I always have my heavy rubber gloves on over a pair of thick cotton gloves. That way I can pick up the hot jars without burning myself. I have about 10 batches of juice from our wild Texas Mustang grapes in the freezer. That way I can make jelly during the winter when we run out. Same thing for my plums and blackberries. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Mine is almost a duplicate of yours and I do put a tablespoon of unsalted butter in my juice when I first start cooking. It really does cut back the foaming.
Picked and help my mamaw and mama put up many jars of muscadine and scuppernong jelly as a child.. we did the picking and the squishing 😂
Also may have enjoyed a little muscadine wine my uncle and later my cousin both were known for.. live the channel! Thank y’all!
I always make black berry jelly, it's something mom showed me how to do, It makes me think of her
Thanks for the video looks totally awesome and I'm sure I could smell it cooking lol!!😎🐓🐓🐓🇬🇧
I’m like you I like grape jelly, but blackberry jelly is my favorite. I love y’all’s stories! Thank you for sharing!