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Default Apple butter and apple jelly from the same apples - lost recipe

In article >,
"Anny Middon" > wrote:
> Also, a general question for the group -- where in the apple is the pectin
> most concentrated? I know that with citrus fruit there's a lot of pectin
> with the seeds (actually I think it kind of coats the seeds). Is the same
> true with apples? If you make your apple juice from cored apples, do you
> need to add pectin to make jelly?
>
> Anny


I understand it to be on the bottom of the skin. Don't ask me for a
citation, though.
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