On 7/19/2012 10:47 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> About the only crops of any consequence so far this hot dry summer
> have been red currants and red raspberries.
> Today we steam juiced some of each then proceeded to make jelly.
> Some straight red currant jelly, some spiced red currant jelly and two
> different blends of red currant & red raspberry jelly. A grand total
> of 36-250ml jars.
> For some reason one batch of the blended juice didn't jell properly so
> it's either label it as syrup or dump them and try to fix it. We'll
> make that decision after tomorrow morning's coffee.
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada
>
Used to have a friend, Bill Loke, up in your area. I would trade him
gumbo file and bay leaves for dried black currants. Do wish the things
would grow down here.

Your jelly sounds nice Ross, it's always satisfying to make your own food.

George, Southwest Louisiana, US of A