Great Grandma's Wild Grape Jelly
By: Debra
Published: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 7:34pm

Ingredients




6 cups wild grape juice
Juice of one lemon (strained)

1 package powdered fruit pectin
7 1/2 cups of sugar

Preparation

1 To obtain 6 cups of grape juice, cut small bunches of grapes from large stems.  Wash well. 2 Cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer 20 minutes. 3 Drain through colander lined with cheese cloth or thin muslin. 4 This recipe calls for pectin.  Since the pioneer women did not have this they would cook some green fruit with the ripe. 5 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. 6 This recipe was passed down from my great-grandmother through my grandmother.  The comment about "pioneer women" comes from her. 7 I have used this recipe with grapes from our backyard vine and it works great!!!