Great Grandma's Wild Grape Jelly

Ingredients

Juice of one lemon (strained)

7 1/2 cups of sugar

To obtain 6 cups of grape juice, cut small bunches of grapes from large stems. Wash well.

Cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer 20 minutes.

Drain through colander lined with cheese cloth or thin muslin.

This recipe calls for pectin. Since the pioneer women did not have this they would cook some green fruit with the ripe.

Bring to a boil. Add 1 package powdered fruit pectin and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in 7 1/2 cups of sugar. Bring to a rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim. Pour into hot jars and seal.

This recipe was passed down from my great-grandmother through my grandmother. The comment about "pioneer women" comes from her.

I have used this recipe with grapes from our backyard vine and it works great!!!

6.0 pints

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 7:34pm

Debra