Real Good Grape Jelly

I brought some beautiful grapes home last week.  I thought they looked juicy and sweet.  I envisioned myself sitting on a chaise lounge snacking on these lovelies while reading a book (like I have time to read).

Big was envisioning making wine!  Why, I am still not sure, she doesn’t even drink wine!

My first bite of the grapes was a bit disappointing.  Although they were sweet, the skin was thick and a bit tough.  I found a seed or two also!

This meant I needed to rethink the snacking idea.  I pondered Big’s wine making wishes.  I love a good glass of wine.  It just seemed like too much work.

I decided to make Grape Jelly!

I used the recipe right off the Sure Jell box.

There are some great sites and books about canning, so I won’t give you all the recipe details.  I would hate for you to get ill because of me.

 

I was a bit worried about making jelly.  I wanted to make sure it was nice and clear and I worried about the straining.  There was no need to worry, it was easy peasy!

Big gave this jelly a thumbs up and even said it was better than Smuckers!  I was happy to hear that.  Big loves grape jelly!

Here are a couple places I visit when looking for canning information.  Hope you will stop by and visit them.  Canning Homemade, Simply Canning, and Ball Canning.

Tomorrow Big and I will be shucking 36 ears of corn, canning peaches and freezing okra!  Sounds like fun, right?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!