thanks George - maybe you'll luck out and get some real cheap like I did,

Kathi

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> 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 ;-)
> >
>