Apples are put up now

Written by Translator on August 16, 2008 – 8:25 pm -

It took hours to cut off the bad bits of the knotty apples that Preacher and Helen brought me, but I am done with them now. I got six pints of apple butter and nine half pints of pretty, clear jelly. I just took up the jelly, and it is cooling.

Here is a picture of the butter. I used about half the pulp’s volume in sugar, and added quite a bit of cinnamon and some allspice:

Here is a picture of the jelly. I used 3/4 cup of sugar per cup of juice, per most recipes. I did cheat and add one drop of red food coloring to the entire batch, not to each of the jars:

Apple Jelly

Next trip to Arkansas I will take most of this, since I eat sweets only rarely. Not from any medical condition, I just like them upon occasion. I hope that this brings pleasure to the readers. Warmest regards, Doc.


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  • At 2008.08.16 20:40, Translator said:

    I hear lids sealing now, both from the butter and the jelly. That is a good omen. Warmest regards, Doc.

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    • At 2008.08.16 21:19, biscuit said:

      Your jelly is lovely. Well done, Translator!

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      • At 2008.08.16 21:24, Translator said:

        Thank you! I used a baby diaper as a jelly bag (no worry, no baby ever in it, I bought a dozen to use as sweatbands and kitchen towels), and it worked well. I tied up the pulp over a catch pan and let it drip all night.

        Today I took the pulp and ran in through a colander, and cooked and seasoned it, and took the juice and gelled it. Not a bad evening’s work, and I even was able to have some dinner. The Vitamin C really works! Warmest regards, Doc.

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        • At 2008.08.16 22:36, Scotia48 said:

          Doc,
          This looks wonderful! You did a GREAT job with the apples. And you are so clever with the vitamin C and the baby diapers. Thanks for posting this.
          Now I have to get back to Olympic swimming!

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          • At 2008.08.16 22:53, Translator said:

            Thank you. I appreciate your kind words. Please be well. I am becoming depressed, but not because of anything that you said. Warmest regards, Doc.

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            • At 2008.08.16 23:00, Translator said:

              I am not well tonight, but appreciate everyone’s input. Warmest regards, Doc.

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              • At 2008.08.17 11:06, biscuit said:

                I’m sorry - hope you’re feeling better!

                The Garden Granny posted a great cake recipe that uses slightly green (aka unripe) apples. Url is here.

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