Okay, so the subject of grape jelly is one that has been hotly debated in our household for the past decade. Steve, my husband, LOVES it. I think it’s bleh. So when he came up with the idea of using our Concord grapes to make jelly instead of just eating them fresh off the vine, I was all “what the . . . ?” Seriously, you can get grape jelly at WalMart for under two bucks, why go through the whole production of making grape jelly?
I watched him harvest about half of the grapes on the vine. The rest were still greenish and have been maturing these last few days. He came back into the kitchen with this:
which I looked at kind of like this:
Undeterred, Steve found a recipe (or three, he scanned a few, got the idea and then did his own thing) and began cooking it down – and oh my goodness it smelled SO GOOD!!!
I kept looking over and over, and finally he gave me a taste of super hot jammy goodness.
I told him that even though it looked like the remains of a vamp on True Blood, it was Oh. So. Fricking. Delicious!
So, yes, I now love grape jelly. But not the store-bought kind. So I guess we’re going to plant some more Concords next year ;D
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Wow! So it turned out nice? I’m surprised that it looks like that in the last picture. I don’t know why i thought it would look different.
The part on how you looked at it with the expression made me crack up lol
Btw, a Fyi: You commented on my blog which i truly love being visited by you, but it shows your gmail address. I don’t know if you maybe need a way so you can comment on other blogs and not have to expose your address.
You take care, Claudia! 🙂
It’s really good. I guess the peel is way bluer than the inside because it turned red once everything was mashed up.