1/2 c Chopped hot peppers 1 1/2 c Chopped green peppers 1/2 c Vinegar Blend. Strain. Add vinegar to make 3 cups. Bring to boil. Add: 1 package Sure-Jell. Add 5 cups sugar, all at the same time. Bring to a boil and stir constantly until it won’t quit boiling. (Mary Alice says that when you start stirring, it will quit boiling– Keep stirring until it keeps boiling.) Add a few drops of food coloring–red or green. Skim, Pour into jars, cool and seal with wax. Serve with cheese and crackers as an appetizer. |
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| 2 | cup | cherry syrup | |
| 1/2 | each | fruit pectin, bottle | |
| 4 | cup | sugar | |
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| Drain syrup from canned cherries. Add juice of 1 lemon if syrup lacks tartness and flavor. Combine syrup and sugar. Heat rapidly to boiling. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Add fruit pectin. Stir constantly. Heat to full rolling boil. remove from fire. Skim. Syrup from any canned fruit may be substituted for the cherry sirup. | |||
3 c Apple cider vinegar 10 c Sugar 20 Jalapenos, stemmed, seeded, -finely diced 3 lg Anaheim chilies, -seeded and finely diced 12 oz Liquid pectin Paraffin In a large saucepan over high heat, bring the vinegar and sugar to a boil. Stir mixture until sugar is dissoved, and lower heat to simmer. Add the jalepenos and Anaheims, and simmer for 10 minutes, all the while skimming foam from the top. Stir in the pectin and bring to a boil. Boil for one minute, remove from heat, and let stand for 20 minutes. Pour into hot steralized jars and seal with paraffin. |
3 lb Currants Sugar Wash and stem currants. Cover with water. Cook slowly until tender. Drain through jelly bag. Use 3/4 cup sugar for each cup juice. Boil rapidly until jelly sheets from spoon. The Household Searchlight |
3 lb Elderberries 3 lb Half-ripe grapes Sugar Wash elderberries. Remove stems. Cover with water. Cook until soft. Drain through jelly bag. Wash grapes. Remove stems. Cover with water, cook until soft. Drain through jelly bag. Combine elderberry and grape juice in equal proportions. Add 3/4 cup sugar to each cup juice. Boil rapidly until jelly sheets from spoon. The Household Searchlight |
1/2 lb Prepared shredded jellyfish 2 ts Light soy sauce 3 tb Sesame oil 2 ts White rice vinegar 2 ts Sugar 3 tb White sesame seeds, toasted RINSE THE JELLYFISH WELL in cold running water and drain. Put it in a stainless steel bowl and cover with boiling water. Let the jellyfish sit in the water for about 15 minutes or until it is tender. Drain and continue to soak at least 6 times in several changes of cold water. Drain thoroughly and blot dry with paper towels and set aside. Mix soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar and sugar in a small bowl. Toss the jellyfish well in this sauce and let it sit for at least 30 minutes. Just before serving, garnish with the sesame seeds. Serves 4 as part of a Chinese meal or 2 as a single dish. —– |
6 lb Fresh Salmon 6 tb Butter 3 Lemons Salt Pepper Clean salmon and remove head, tail and fins. Cut the salmon into 1 lb steaks (not fillets). Place 1 salmon steak onto a sheet of foil, squeeze the juice of 1/2 a lemon, spread 1 tb of butter plus salt and pepper on the salmon. Wrap the salmon steak tightly in the foil (heavy duty) so as to make the best water tight seal as possible. Repeat for each steak. Boil the packages in water for 20 minutes. Remove and place in the freezer |
INGREDIENTS: 1 c Port wine 1 c Fresh grape juice, or fine -quality commercially Canned grape juice 3 1/2 c Sugar 3 oz Liquid pectin (1/2 bottle) Servings: makes 4 - 1/2 pint jars Notes: This can be made from other rich red wines, and apple juice may be substituted for grape. It is used as a spread on scones, tea biscuits, English muffins, or tea breads and as a glaze for, or accompaniment to, pork dishes, chicken, or duck. DIRECTIONS: Place wine, juice, and sugar in heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in liquid pectin. Skim off foam with metal spoon and immediately pour into hot sterilized jars. Vacuum seal (hot water bath method, or may be refrigerated up to 6 weeks). Source: Gourmet Preserves by Judith Choate, ISBN# 1-55584-038-8 From: Sallie Austin |
—–IN A SMALL PAN—– 1 3/4 oz Dry fruit pectin (Sure Jel) 3/4 c Water 1/2 ts Baking soda —–IN A 2ND LARGER PAN—– 1 c Sugar 1 c Light Karo 1 ea Flavor/color/citric acid 1. Lightly grease candy molds, or spray with PAM, and sprinkle with ganulated sugar. In 1st saucepan, combine fruit pectin, water & baking soda; set aside. In a 2nd pan, combine sugar & corn syrup, mixing well. 2. Cook both mixtures, stirring alternately until foam subsides in the soda mixture, about 5 minutes. 3. Pour pectin mixture in a slow, steady stream into the boiling sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Boil & stir for one minute more. 4. Remove from heat stir in flavoring, food color & 1/2 teas. citric acid. 5. Pour into prepared molds. Let set for 24 hours. Remove from molds. Let stand for at least a day before packaging. ***You can use juice of a lemon for flavoring if you wish. Color some, leave some clear (for a rind). Molds are available at cake supply shops for the famous “orange slice” candies. Dolores McCann,OH– from Harold Guttman Dolores McCann, Prodigy Food & Wine Board |
4 c Bottled apple juice 1 pk Powdered pectin 4 c Sugar 1/4 c Red hot cinnamon candies Combine apple juice and pectin in a 3 quart, microwave-safe bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or waxed paper and bring to a boil in the microwave oven on high setting (about 12 to 14 minutes). Stir twice. Remove from oven; add sugar and cinnamon candies, stirring well. Return to microwave: cook until mixture returns to a rolling boil, about 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from oven. Skim foam if necessary. Pour hot into hot, sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Adjust caps. Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath. Do not attempt to process in microwave oven. Yield: 6 half pints. From: Ball Blue Book Shared By: Pat Stockett |