Woohoo! We had lots of concord grapes and tried our hand at jelly~~our first attempt at making something grape-y! Easy to make, it dirtied LOTS of dishes and utensils, is very tasty, and prob’ly cost only slightly more than store-bought: Steidl Grape Jelly!! On the plus side, it IS organic, pesticide-free (ask anyone who saw our phenomenal crop of japanese beetles), contains NO high fructose corn syryp, and only one of us scalded his finger with the molten jelly. A culinary triumph! Oh, and please note the cute little yellow piggy planter I found at the flea market. It makes me happy.
2008 Grape Harvest Jelly
Comment By: anna-marie
September 26th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
WOW!!!! That’s wonderful! I’m glad you had enough grapes this year to make it. Looks really good.
And the piggy does too.
Comment By: Bob & Lyn
October 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
That could be the best grape jelly that we’ve ever had. Was the extra flavor from the Japanese Beetles?
Comment By: marty
October 7th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Maybe beetles could be the new msg. Hmmm….
Seriously, no beetles were harmed in making this product!