Welcome to my Recipe Share! I love baking and creating delicious treats in our kitchen, and enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea in my grandmother's Depression Glass tea cup, stirring it with my great grandmother's silver teaspoon. It's as if they were having a cup of tea with me! I miss them every day.
The kitchen is the heart of our home and my sanctuary. I start my day there, and used to write there, but the wireless is spotty in our neck of the woods, so I have to be 'hard-wired' to the internet in the office room I share with my darling hubby.
Mom taught my sisters and I how to cook, sew, bake and 'can' fruits and veggies from the garden and trips to New York State during the season.
Growing up, Fall meant rides to the country to buy Concord Grapes so Mom could make Jam. You can still have delicious home-made jam without the water-bath canner if you make freezer jam.
If you've been to one of my many book signings over the years, you may have received one of my recipe cards...they've gotten bigger over the years because...well the eyesight's not as sharp as it used to be. <g>
Mom's Grape Freezer Jam
Yield: 4 half pint Ball quilted
freezer-safe jelly jars
1 dry quart Concord
Grapes, washed. Put in a large saucepan with enough water to cover the bottom
of the pan.
Cook until soft, squishing grapes with wooden spoon or potato masher. Put through food mill to separate out the skins and seeds. (Note: if you don't have a food mill, you can use a strainer, but it's more time consuming)
Cook until soft, squishing grapes with wooden spoon or potato masher. Put through food mill to separate out the skins and seeds. (Note: if you don't have a food mill, you can use a strainer, but it's more time consuming)
Makes 2 cups of
fruit puree, return to pan with 2 cups white sugar. Cook down until thick.
Pour immediately
into 4 clean, sterilized half pint quilted jelly jars (only the quilted jars
are freezer-safe).
Let cool on the counter and freeze!
Note: *I leave the skins on for amazing flavor and beautiful color*
Enjoy making with your favorite fruit combinations ;)
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Let cool on the counter and freeze!
Red Currant Jelly (from our currant bushes)
Black Raspberry Jam (from our bushes)
Plum, Blueberry & Strawberry Jam
I use this recipe as my 'go to' freezer jam recipe and have made the following yummy combinations...so far:
Note: *I leave the skins on for amazing flavor and beautiful color*
- Red Currant Jelly
- Black Raspberry Jam
- Nectarine and Plum Jam
- Plum, Blueberry and Strawberry Jam
Enjoy making with your favorite fruit combinations ;)
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Happy Jelly-Making!
I do like to eat home-made jams. Especially on fresh bread.
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness, Mary! I cannot think of anything more delicious in the morning ;) At the moment I have two different homemade jellies in the fridge--the currant jam I defrosted last week (in the small half pint jar) and the plum, blueberry, strawberry jam--in the not very attractive pint jar with the drip on it in the picture. We had a few dead ripe plums and the blueberries and strawberries...just a few and they were almost on the edge. So I made up the small batch but didn't have any little half pint jars left. Hence the big jar. LOL! Thanks for stopping by!
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Looks great, homemade is the best
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Terry ;) I grew up with homemade and for a little while, when our kids were so busy in sports and after school activities, I did rely on store bought pre-packaged food...lasted about a year. LOL Mom kept bugging me to make the time to prepare foods on the weekends for the week. My Mom was really smart...really miss her. Thanks for stopping by today!
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Bn ; When my Dad was alive, we used to tease him that he had 32 'Sweet Teeth'...not just one ;) Thanks for stopping by today!
DeleteI remember helping my grandmother make jam - she used baby food jars and sealed them with melted wax!! Thanks for the memories!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I reminded you of helping your grandmother make jam, TFordice ;) I remember Mom talking about the different ways her grandmother used to 'put up' jams and jellies. She used the wax method too. She had Ball jars with the glass lids and the wire to hold them closed (I have two of them up on a shelf), and the newer Mason jars with the zinc lids. I have one of those jars...it's a really pretty blue, but I don't have the lid. Thanks for stopping by today!
ReplyDeleteLove homemade jams and jellies! I actually made some for the first time in years this year. Just peach so far, but planning on making pepper jelly and maybe trying watermelon jelly - sounded neat, anyway!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness, Miss Jean! Thanks so much for stopping by. Yay to being able to make jam this year. Peach sounds yummy...but pepper jelly and watermelon sound fabulous. If you'd like to share the recipes, please let me know. They sound wonderful. ;)
DeleteI have never been a jam maker but I love to eat it. I envy your ability.
ReplyDeleteI loved eating jam long before Mom taught my sisters and I how to make it ;) So many different choices: white bread, rye, wheat, English muffins, buttermilk biscuits, scones--endless choices to top with jam...or my favorite way as a kid ... a teaspoon ;) Thanks for stopping by, Angi ;)
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