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David J. Braunegg
 
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Were the Concord grapes? Other grapes may behave differently.

Did you get to a full rolling boil after adding the sugar before timing the
1 minute?

Dave

"HonkingGoose" > wrote in message
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> This is the second year in a row that I can't get my grape jelly from
> concords (my best guess) to set looks like water. Last year I tried to
> do a triple batch and mixed in Merlot grapes and it didn't work. So,
> this year no messing around with the recipe. Took it right off the
> Pectin sheet 4 lb's of crushed grapes 1-1/2 cups water got it up to a
> simmer and left it on for 10 minutes. Drained it threw several layers
> of cheese cloth. So, 5 cups of juice the package of Pectin to a boil
> then added 6 cups sugar back to boil for 1 minute. Ladled into jars and
> processed for 5 min's. I make wild blackberry jam every year and it
> almost sets up before I get it in the jar.
>
> What am I doing wrong???
>
> How should I try and redo this batch??
>
> thanks Frank
>