Mrs Murfins Country Life
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Red Currant Jelly
You may wonder what happened to those red currants?
I did manage to save some from the birds. It was a lot of work to pick even a few.
It took quite a bit of stretching and bending to find this many on the underside of the bush where birds could not find them. Then the sorting , stemming and washing. Some recipes said you could leave the stems, but I didn’t.
Really only about 2 cups of currants which made …..
exactly one jar of jelly! This is being saved for a special occasion!
Thanks to our weird spring weather I didn’t have any raspberries or blackberries, I hope they do better next year! But I did purchase some local raspberries and made some lovely jam from those.
Mmmmmm This is eaten for breakfast most days.
I have not made peach jam in many years but tried it again. Now I remember why I gave up making it. It won’t set for me. The flavour is good so I am going to use the slightly runny peach “sauce” in tarts and muffins. But the fresh peaches, they were yummy!
Looks delicious!!
Jan @Door251.com
Your raspberry jam looks great, makes me want to make some too.
But all that work to get 1 jar of currant jelly??I think that’s funny.
Yum. My gran used to make her own jam and I always loved visiting her. Not just for the jam. : ) I also remember her peach tree and her fabulous peach pies. Yikes! Now I’m getting hungry.
Thanks Robena. I think I will stick to peach pies from now on, I have more success with them!