My favorite aunt used to make pomegranate jelly for me back in the 50's,
60's, and up until her death in 1973. Excellent stuff and I miss it.
Guess I might try some one of these days, when the price comes down.

Good luck Kathi.

George

Kathi Jones wrote:
> 'member I said I'd prolly never make pomegranate jelly unless the grocery
> store was giving them away? Well, today they were. Sort of. One fresh
> pomegranate is $2.99 but a reduced package of 3 older pomegranates is $1.49.
> So I bought 4 pkgs.
>
> So twelve old pomegranates later, and only one rotten one, seeded in a bowl
> of water, juiced in the food processor, one ruined white sweat shirt (WHAT
> was I thinking??!!), I have 6 cups of juice that I'm gonna make jelly out of
> tomorrow!! I re read the thread I started back on Oct 30 and found Barb's
> recipe (3 1/2 cups juice, 1 pkg pectin, 5 cups sugar) and I think that's the
> one I'm gonna make, unless someone else can come up with a better one (oh
> no! NEVER better than Barbs!! ;-) Michael Kawalek also supplied a recipe
> in that thread which is almost the same (4 cups juice, 1 pkg pectin, 5 cups
> sugar). I've got regular and low sugar Certo powder on hand so that's what
> I've got to work with....gonno do a quick Google....
>
> I noticed that both my BBB and Bernardin books don't have recipes for
> pomegranate jelly....it's an unusual fruit I guess.
>
> Kathi
>
> ps - it's my first attempt at anything using pomegranates, so no, Brian, I
> won't be trying the pomegranate-orange swirl ;-)
>