tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post4298131486392716581..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Making apple jellyElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-74825493617889340452010-02-10T08:51:50.338+00:002010-02-10T08:51:50.338+00:00I LOVE apple jelly. My mom's was always pinky-...I LOVE apple jelly. My mom's was always pinky-red. Yours is such a gorgeous honey color! Looks delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-3154555949166967032010-02-05T10:34:30.207+00:002010-02-05T10:34:30.207+00:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will do this! ...Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will do this! I need to work on my domestic goddess standing. DxDawn/LittleGreenFingershttp://www.littlegreenfingers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-44675002078983740092010-02-04T19:55:28.353+00:002010-02-04T19:55:28.353+00:00Looks good Elizabeth. I discovered a great trick ...Looks good Elizabeth. I discovered a great trick this year for fruits that don't set brilliantly (ie are low in pectin). At the stewing stage, add a handful of frozen gooseberries. They don't affect the taste but you get the best set ever.Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-55059725108052064912010-02-03T11:22:52.783+00:002010-02-03T11:22:52.783+00:00They look very jewl-like don't they? Gorgeous....They look very jewl-like don't they? Gorgeous.<br /><br />And I'm so glad you've had a go at pages - what did you think of the process? I'm having real problems with the formatting, so have given up for a while. Malvernmeet has seen to that!<br /><br />My first couple are at the bottom of the left hand sidebar awaiting the time I pick them up again...M@M aka VP ;)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15562276240205729723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-58147965286851198152010-02-02T18:55:10.690+00:002010-02-02T18:55:10.690+00:00It looks simply gorgeous! Charlie and I make crab ...It looks simply gorgeous! Charlie and I make crab apply jellies in the autumn all lovely and pink. We cheat a bit with a marvellous Scandanavian contraption and when I can find out what it is called I will tell you - no muslins involved but there again that may take something away from the romance of it all...Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-26925267770263988362010-02-02T14:28:53.270+00:002010-02-02T14:28:53.270+00:00Those jars look so beautiful! I wish I had room to...Those jars look so beautiful! I wish I had room to do this sort of thing.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-75680569679348046342010-02-02T10:44:45.798+00:002010-02-02T10:44:45.798+00:00Thanks for all your comments! It is amazing that ...Thanks for all your comments! It is amazing that it just sets and that you get such a colour. I also love the fact that you can tweak it from savoury with herbs and vinegar to sweet with cinnamon or spice.<br />And yes Esther, I have made the far too bouncy stuff too!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-48512213771650847692010-02-01T22:09:16.461+00:002010-02-01T22:09:16.461+00:00Mega-header and inspiring colour of amber.
I wish...Mega-header and inspiring colour of amber.<br /><br />I wish I had time to set aside for this. I used to make a lot of jam and marmalade. It is on my list of things to get back to one day.<br /><br />You advise us to be patient and give the jelly time to get to setting point. I suffer from the opposite temptation. I'm never sure it's really ready so I leave it and leave it - and end up with chewy jam. Visitors pull their teeth apart and comment on the interesting texture.<br /><br />EstherEsther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-61662562614900375722010-02-01T18:22:22.724+00:002010-02-01T18:22:22.724+00:00Mmmm... your kitchen must have smelled heavenly!
...Mmmm... your kitchen must have smelled heavenly!<br /><br />Love your blog! Perfect pick-me-up~<br />Hope your day is wonderful!<br />MichelleMichelle Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871116809457375964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-128413469761733292010-02-01T15:03:23.866+00:002010-02-01T15:03:23.866+00:00Those jars of apple jelly look so beautiful. I ha...Those jars of apple jelly look so beautiful. I have never made jam or jellies, perhaps one day...Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-7989705851879293352010-01-31T14:26:28.312+00:002010-01-31T14:26:28.312+00:00So very pretty ! It's very comforting somehow ...So very pretty ! It's very comforting somehow to read of these delicacies still being made and enjoyed .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-70835550624454864712010-01-30T19:10:27.784+00:002010-01-30T19:10:27.784+00:00So - you don't have to add gelatin or somethin...So - you don't have to add gelatin or something to make it gel up? It does it all on its own? Really??? How cool is THAT? I always thought you had to add something to make it stay firm. Hmph. Shows what I know.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-30004408802947497172010-01-30T12:14:40.026+00:002010-01-30T12:14:40.026+00:00apple jelly....memories of penniless days and maki...apple jelly....memories of penniless days and making our own from the windfalls and peelings<br />my ( now grown up)children adore apple jelly and happily spin off into recollections given half a chance!theMuddledMarketPlacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153750055087770871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-40132353415889937902010-01-30T00:35:03.325+00:002010-01-30T00:35:03.325+00:00Ah laurie - it is all just to do with timing! I al...Ah laurie - it is all just to do with timing! I always liked this kind of stuff but never had time before even to blow my nose. Give me another year or so and I might not be doing it but I do love to know how to do something like this and to produce something which my mother and grandmother would have made. I would really hate to see this sort of knowledge die. And I do love the whole, slow, sweet smelling process.<br /><br />Have a go.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-83211262709836856752010-01-29T18:20:08.088+00:002010-01-29T18:20:08.088+00:00excellent stuff, your apple jelly.
I shall have to...excellent stuff, your apple jelly.<br />I shall have to get down to some gooseberry jam making; last year's gooseberries take up far too much room in my freezer.<br />Thank your for calling me 'a friend'. Feels good.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-45948255941602031682010-01-29T14:52:55.101+00:002010-01-29T14:52:55.101+00:00Thank you Mrs Jones, I kept reading little snips a...Thank you Mrs Jones, I kept reading little snips about canning in the UK and your reply has cleared things up for me.Roishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960233101785516144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-59512500282229922142010-01-29T12:56:17.405+00:002010-01-29T12:56:17.405+00:00those jars are, indeed, beautiful. when i read yo...those jars are, indeed, beautiful. when i read your blog i crave the time to do things like make jelly and cook slow-braised dinners and tend a gorgeous garden.... but then i wonder if i am too impatient for all that and only like those things in theory and from a distance. <br /><br />i guess i will have to wait until i retire (or get laid off) to find out.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31214329109645043602010-01-29T11:39:56.041+00:002010-01-29T11:39:56.041+00:00I adore apple jelly, especially crabapple jelly. ...I adore apple jelly, especially crabapple jelly. It's so pink and delicious.Sandy aka Doris the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135704111702244735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78282911405763373862010-01-29T10:30:14.635+00:002010-01-29T10:30:14.635+00:00Those jars are just like jewels with the light thr...Those jars <b>are</b> just like jewels with the light through them. You should be justifiably proud of them - the jelly is beautifully clear.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-59779489447686344622010-01-29T10:16:19.272+00:002010-01-29T10:16:19.272+00:00Thanks for the post Elizabeth I shall be looking a...Thanks for the post Elizabeth I shall be looking at using up quite a few of the apples that are ripening on the tree at the moment, so it was a timely post. The jars of jewelled goodness look so pretty sitting on the bench.<br />Mrs Jones -cotton headed ninnymuggins, never heard that one before, it did make me smile and I shall file it away in my memory bank as no doubt I shall be able to use it!!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-23188659443394686442010-01-29T09:28:31.761+00:002010-01-29T09:28:31.761+00:00Thanks for clearing up the liquid measurement - I ...Thanks for clearing up the liquid measurement - I didn't even think it would be millilitres - I'm SUCH a cotton-headed ninnymuggins at times...Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-48373255330739753502010-01-29T09:26:55.282+00:002010-01-29T09:26:55.282+00:00Rois - I can help a little here. Over here in the...Rois - I can help a little here. Over here in the UK we don't do 'canning' as such by putting jars and such back into the preserving pan and boiling the air out. We make sure the jars are sterilised and still warm when we pour in the contents, make sure they're full, often put a waxed disc on the top and screw the lid on tight. Secondly, the lakeland stuff can be found here - http://www.lakeland.co.uk/Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-24286125888709652852010-01-29T02:06:52.787+00:002010-01-29T02:06:52.787+00:00Two questions for you,
First if I read this right...Two questions for you,<br /> First if I read this right you do not put the jars into a canning kettle to process the jars,is that right.This is something I have been seeing on blogs from outside of the states.Could you clue me in on this? <br />Here's my email if that would be easier, hrafinstaaddotaoldotcom<br /> Second I am interested in the Lakeland catalog how do I find them?<br /> Thanks<br /> RoisRoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960233101785516144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64652305295842000392010-01-29T00:06:09.145+00:002010-01-29T00:06:09.145+00:00What a job. I am mad about that pot. The jelly loo...What a job. I am mad about that pot. The jelly looks beautiful<br />I thought it was honey at first glance..<br /><br /><br />yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-34132899785447698982010-01-28T22:54:31.502+00:002010-01-28T22:54:31.502+00:00The filled jars are so pretty! I would leave them ...The filled jars are so pretty! I would leave them out just to gaze at their prettiness.Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701518822526054010noreply@blogger.com