On Nov 21, 12:24 am, spud > wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:48:41 -0800 (PST), Joe > wrote:
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> Would adding pectic enzyme do anything? Try some on a small sample?
>
> Steve
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> > Joe S replied:
> >Dave,
> >It sounds like the pectin in the blueberries set when you added the
> >hot water; that is my best guess. See this link, it sounds eerily
> >like your issue. The pectic enzyme would be destroyed if the water
> >was too hot as I understand it.
>
> >http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod01/01600545.html
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> >Short answer might be get it cold and rack it through a straining
> >funnel.
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Couldn't hurt but once pectin is set I think it's all over... I would
do it on a small sample not the whole batch (as you suggested).

Joe