Did some Grape Jelly today

old · Sep 25, 2013

Found a bunch of wild grapes so figured why not see if I could do some grape jelly with them. Got 7.5 pints out of what the wife picked. Figure it this way a guy can not get any more organic then to pick and can wild grapes.

SweetFeet · Sep 26, 2013

old,

When you try it, please post back how it turned out.

I noticed some wild grapes when we were picking chokecherries for jelly... thought about making
some jelly from will grapes too - but did not.

Figured the sugar ratio would be a real big guess, since they are more tart than regular grapes (but we don't like really sweet jelly, so it would probably be very good).

larry@stinescorner · Sep 26, 2013

SweetFeet,,,make juice,you wil like it,you can can it in jars,it is good

Billy NY · Sep 26, 2013

Are these the dark blue or purple grapes, really sour, that are found on wild vines ?

teddy52food · Sep 26, 2013

I follow the grape jelly recipe with Sure-Jell. turns out good. Grandkids can't get enough of it. I give them all a jar at Christmas.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 26, 2013

We use to do wild grape jelly years ago. No different than making regular grape jelly, only tastes a lot better. Hard to find them around here now with all the spraying and fence row clearing.

SweetFeet · Sep 26, 2013

Larry,

May just have to give that a try next year!

old · Sep 26, 2013

These are the dark blue ones that yes are a tad bit bitter but by the time you add the sugar and cook it down it gets pretty darn sweet

old · Sep 26, 2013

My recipe called for 8 cups raw grapes to 6 cups sugar and it turned out pretty good but I did a double batch

BDT in Minnesota · Sep 26, 2013

Old, Could you e-mail me a slice of Home-made bread covered with Your Grape Jelly? One of my favorites..

old · Sep 26, 2013

LOL I do not think it would taste the same after the internet added its 2 cents to it. LOL

Billy NY · Sep 26, 2013

I had assumed these to be edible, theres probably quite bit of these around the place here, one old pasture, overgrown, young trees etc, vines everywhere, several types, quite a few with dark blue grapes.

Same effect with tart apples, sweeten up in recipes, most of this old pasture is thick with apples of all sizes, color and tartness, they start falling early summer.

old · Sep 26, 2013

Ya those apple make good spiced apple rings or apple sauce

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