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[Jules.]

Daft question- i really would like to make some of this crab apple jelly. my neighbours have given me lots of red apples which are really sharp & sour- are these crab apples?

 

Also- can I make this using baking apples as my parents garden backs onto an orchard (which has geese in it since before i was born- but obviously not the same geese ) & I have had loads of baking apples given to me

[Louise]

Small sharp apples red or green and red/green are crab apples mind you I had some quite large ones on my tree last year but they are so sharp

 

Don't know about cooking apples but I don't see why not

[Lesley]

Cooking apples would make a decent jelly I think.

[Jules.]

I'm going to make some tomorrow- i'll let you know how it tastes when it's done. I have never made anyhting like this before

[Cinnamon]

I hadn't either Jules.

Good luck

[The Dogmother]

Crab apple and clove jelly is divine, either just on toast or with cold meat like pork

[Snowy]

That's reminded me I need to go buy a jelly bag.

 

My crab apples are only just beginning to turn orange But there's some nice elderberry bushes in the fields at the back.

[Cinnamon]

That's reminded me I need to go buy a jelly bag.

 

 

I bought one especially,but then couldn't find it when it came to me making the jelly

I ended up rigging up a sort of bag type thing with a new Muslin cloth I had hanging around.It didn't look vert pretty, but it worked

[Lesley]

Lakeland keep running out. They didn't have any last Saturday but did have them on Wednesday - they don't have any of the stands in at the Stratford branch though.

 

I'm going to have to remove all the dog hair from the feet of the tall stool

 

I don't usually make clear jellies - I puree/sieve the fruit and amke more of a fruit cheese with it. I still have plenty from last year so I'm going to make a clear one. Our crab apples are only just ready as well Snowy.

[The Dogmother]

I love clear jellies.

 

Lesley, Abraxas in Banbury had net stands when I went in there last weekend.

 

I have the same problem with cat hair on the bottoms of the dining rom chairs!

[Cinnamon]

I got mine on Ebay - it came the next day

[Snowy]

Ordered one!

(and a green bean slicer, and a jam thermometer, and some waxed circles for jam pots , and ... )

[Jules.]

Ordered one!

(and a green bean slicer, and a jam thermometer, and some waxed circles for jam pots , and ... )

Snowy! you sound like me when I ordered my netting from Omlet & my bill for the other stuff as well came to over £100

[Jules.]

well, it is on the stove simmering away now.

It started to boil over (I only just about managed to get it all into my biggest pan)

It was only then that I decided to divide it between two pans

If I had a brain.....etc

[Jules.]

do you like my makeshift jelly bag?!

 

How do I make my piccies on photobucket bigger?

[Cinnamon]

It looks more professional than my one did

 

[Jules.]

Oh, I like the hammock effect!

My jelly may go a bit cloudy, as I ended up squeezing the pillow case by mistake as I tried to knot it to hang it up.

How many jars did you make in the end, Cinammon?

[Christian]

LOL! here is my effort! -

 

[bronze]

Mine will look even dodgier. Scruffys tree isnt ripe yet. So called as its planted over our old dog.

I did make hawthorn jelly though (same method) but it didn't set, nice on pancakes

[Lesley]

How do I make my piccies on photobucket bigger?

 

Jules - I'll PM you!

[Cinnamon]

LOL! here is my effort! -

 

 

 

Blimey Christian - that looks like Borats Jockstrap/swim trunks thing

 

[The Dogmother]

My jelly bag set-up is exactly the same as Christian's. I speed it up slightly by pressing the mixture through a steel sieve frist to get the worst of the bits out, then straining the remaining liquid and few bits through the net - much faster and the same end result.

[Christian]

Funny you should say that! there is a similar comment on my blog!

 

 

(Thanks Dilly)

[The Dogmother]

Is there? Sorry, not been to look much.

 

My friend Dilly is full of good tips - she's always the first person I ask for anything domestic/cooking/growing related. The emails fly hot and fast!

[Lesley]

Not you Clare - see Sarah's comment, above yours!