The first batch had 6 lbs of ripe grapes.
The green grapes contain natural pectin. I prefer to use them over boxed pectin. Most recipes call for 75% ripe grapes to 25% green. I use slightly more green grapes and might even throw in a Granny Smith apple.
The stems aren't wasted. Our hogs and chickens will devour them! Rabbits like them too. My sulcata tortoise, Little Joe, will eat up to 40 grape leaves a day.
It was so hot in the days that followed that I froze the grape juice to turn into jelly another day. The natural pectin will not be affected.
I didn't have to sweat in a nearly 100 degree kitchen, and our family will still get natural jelly from our homegrown grapes. Wendy's winning!
It was so hot in the days that followed that I froze the grape juice to turn into jelly another day. The natural pectin will not be affected.
I didn't have to sweat in a nearly 100 degree kitchen, and our family will still get natural jelly from our homegrown grapes. Wendy's winning!
