Red Plum Jelly
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We ran out of Jelly and thank goodness I had some juice in the freezer. It turned out well
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You Betcha - - - that is Prime Texas Biscuit "TOPPING", Pard
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It’s a dying art Joe. There’s still a few Older folks that Can stuff but nothing compared to 50 years ago. I’ve tried to teach my Kids/ Grandkids, and they just aren’t willing to do the work; too easy to buy at the store
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You're absolutely correct. I remember my mother used to make jelly and juice. She doesn't do it anymore either. Too much work. Convenience trumps most everything.Rambo wrote:It’s a dying art Joe. There’s still a few Older folks that Can stuff but nothing compared to 50 years ago. I’ve tried to teach my Kids/ Grandkids, and they just aren’t willing to do the work; too easy to buy at the store
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My favorite! My plum tree produced very little this year. Hoping next year it gets back on track!
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I don't can now, but we used to. Now we make small batch preserves, and in such small amounts I just refrigerate 'em.
That looks fantastic.
That looks fantastic.
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Sailor Kenshin wrote:I don't can now, but we used to. Now we make small batch preserves, and in such small amounts I just refrigerate 'em.
I've started doing that with my Salsa unless I decide to Roast it and then I'll can a big batch.
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tex_toby wrote:My favorite! My plum tree produced very little this year. Hoping next year it gets back on track!
Plum trees are funny. We’ve had ours for 20 years; 3 years ago I probably gave away 4 or 5, 5 gallon buckets. 2019 got very few and this year with the big freeze nothing even though it budded out and put on a bunch of plum; they all fell off
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As a youngster my father was a gatherer and I would usually follow him when he did. He'd go foraging for blackberry's, dewberry's, huckleberry's, wild grapes and wild plums. Somehow he would always remember when to go to find them. Mom would make jams, jellys, and butters from these. He also always had to have a few meals of poke salad(sallet) greens. For those who don't know pokeweed is poisonous and must be parboiled a time or two to cook off the poison. Once cooked this way they are quite similar to more common greens.
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1MoreFord wrote:As a youngster my father was a gatherer and I would usually follow him when he did. He'd go foraging for blackberry's, dewberry's, huckleberry's, wild grapes and wild plums. Somehow he would always remember when to go to find them. Mom would make jams, jellys, and butters from these. He also always had to have a few meals of poke salad(sallet) greens. For those who don't know pokeweed is poisonous and must be parboiled a time or two to cook off the poison. Once cooked this way they are quite similar to more common greens.
Great memories. The Logging Industry has destroyed a lot of the native habitat in East Texas; Mayhaw, Muscuidine Wild Grapes, and Wild Plum trees are mostly gone except in a few areas that haven’t been cut. It’s a big part of the economy here
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Back when I still had my Place in Liberty County West of Cleveland, Texas, Whiskey Branch ran thru the back of my property and was covered with Muscadine Grape Vines. My Grand Daughter and I picked and made jelly and wine from hundreds of those Grapes for several years.
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OldUsedParts wrote:Back when I still had my Place in Liberty County West of Cleveland, Texas, Whiskey Branch ran thru the back of my property and was covered with Muscadine Grape Vines. My Grand Daughter and I picked and made jelly and wine from hundreds of those Grapes for several years.
They have probably cut those Bottoms and destroyed those Vines
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Rambo wrote:OldUsedParts wrote:Back when I still had my Place in Liberty County West of Cleveland, Texas, Whiskey Branch ran thru the back of my property and was covered with Muscadine Grape Vines. My Grand Daughter and I picked and made jelly and wine from hundreds of those Grapes for several years.
They have probably cut those Bottoms and destroyed those Vines
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Rambo wrote:1MoreFord wrote:As a youngster my father was a gatherer and I would usually follow him when he did. He'd go foraging for blackberry's, dewberry's, huckleberry's, wild grapes and wild plums. Somehow he would always remember when to go to find them. Mom would make jams, jellys, and butters from these. He also always had to have a few meals of poke salad(sallet) greens. For those who don't know pokeweed is poisonous and must be parboiled a time or two to cook off the poison. Once cooked this way they are quite similar to more common greens.
Great memories. The Logging Industry has destroyed a lot of the native habitat in East Texas; Mayhaw, Muscuidine Wild Grapes, and Wild Plum trees are mostly gone except in a few areas that haven’t been cut. It’s a big part of the economy here
I forgot about the muscadines and mayhaws. Muscadines were readily available near us but we got our mayhaws from Louisiana when we went to visit Mom's family. Mayhaw's didn't grow North of Southern Arkansas and we wouldn't go that far to pick them when we were going to visit the relatives in LA anyway.
I don't know if they have it anymore but a grocery chain in my area Was selling mayhaw jelly not too long ago.
ETA - Looks like they still do sell it!!
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Another ETA - The timber companies have gated off so much of the area around me so that any of the areas with forageable greens and fruits are only accessible to the hunting club members who are paying exorbitant prices. When I was first a member of an International Paper Company owned land hunting club the yearly membership was $30 a year. When I gave it up the cost was $300 a year. They told all of us to pay up or they would lease to out of state people who would pay even more!
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