Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Grape Expectations

Last night after work I went over to my friend Patty's house to pick grapes. I picked for and hour and a half. The grapes are very nice this year. It seemed early to me to be picking, as grapes around here aren't usually ready until September or so. Here is what I came home with! I added the 2 liter of Mt. Dew so that you could see how large the "bucket" was. My highly advanced/top of the line set up. Ha ha.

After a 25 minute bath.... they are ready to go! I got 20 quarts of juice last night and I only used the grapes in the white container! I have a whole "bunch" more to do today. I may venture into grape jelly or jam today along with some more juice. I stayed up until 2:45 this morning and the boys had me out of bed by 6:45. Sleep is overrated! I need to run to the store to get some more lids and some pectin. I used a very easy recipe that can be found here. I only added 1/4 c. sugar to each jar and I will still dilute the juice when I give it to the boys.

9 comments:

Cheryl said...

Wow, that's really good. That is a lot of grapes. Do you ever make jam?

Char said...

They look yummy!!

Unknown said...

My grandmother made grape jam. My dad made everyother kind imaginable 9thusly PB&J everyday at school)but never grape. I do many things, but canning is not one of them, maybe in another life. though seeing yours makes me want to do it.

SamandSawyersMom said...

that is cool

I WOULD LOVE THAT

Crystal said...

Oh you crack me up with your pioneer ways! ha ha That is awesome that you do that, I am unfortunately all about convenience and would rather just buy a jug at the store! ha ha

Kudos to you for your hard work and dedication!

SamandSawyersMom said...

oh not me i would love that. i just don;t have nice friends who give me free grapes

Lura said...

A lot of it is me trying to save money. But, after buying sugar, canning lids, and pectin, and using the stove a lot, and putting my air conditioner on overdrive, I don't think it's any cheaper, it's actually probably more expensive.

kellerie said...

so, when will you be making some homemade wine? :)

Lura said...

Matthew asked me the same thing today. It's too much work!