The Vine Preserver's Year 2012

[zazen999]

This is just a simple thread for Grapes to note what they have preserved and when - with volumes.

No chat, no recipes - just a quick note to let other people know what they have done.

This week, I have made:

Wine from home grown frozen raspberries from last summer [1 gallon]
Chilli Jelly from last year's chillis, dried and reconstituted in hot water [5 x 330cl bottles and one 120cl bottle]

[Hilary B]

Is this purely from homegrown? How about wild-gatherings? Nowt so far apart from marmelade! (please delete if it shouldn't be here)

[Scarlet]

Apple and Apricot Jam - 8 Jars

(Not all home gown! Home grown apples straight from the freezer with the apricots from the shop down the road -couldn't resist all reduced to 30p per punnet)

[Thelma Sanders]

6 jars of raspberry jam, from the freezer, needed a pectin sachet to set it.

[binley100]

I am on a mission to use up fruit from the freezer so........last week Apricot and orange marmalade(6) Spiced pumpkin marmalade (6) Winter spiced conserve (11) Raspberry and passion fruit jam (8).......

[Ananke]

I dug out the last remaining bags of blackberries and elderberries from the freezer last night and made jelly with them this afternoon.

I got 3 1/2lb jars and a wee bit left over in a ramekin that i'll use for quality control when it cools

[Nicos]

17 jars of Apple and cinnamon and cardamom chutney

[binley100]

Beetroot (frozen ready grated ) and mint jelly (4 and a bit jars) which also used part of a bottle of apple juice (from home grown apples) .....the rest of the apple juice is now mixed with passion fruit pulp and dripping through the jelly bag ready for tomorrow .

[binley100]

Passion fruit Jelly ......

[stella]

Compost jelly, 2 jars

[susieq100]

5lbs of damson jam (found them lurking in the freezer).

[stella]

Picked red cabbage, pickled beetroot, and 2 jars of red onion marmalade, all from the cheap shop

[Hilary B]

Apricot conserve from bought apricots (got some more today), it's a soft set, and delish!

[binley100]

Chilli, lime and vodka jelly ......looks so pretty with the bits in .....6 jars and a little one ...

[binley100]

Blackberry and Raspberry Jam - 9 jars and a dish .........