7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar
½ bottle Certo
To prepare fruit, use strawberries remaining from Sparkling Jelly above. Measure sugar and strawberries into large kettle, filling up last cup with the excess juice, if necessary. Mix well and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from fire and stir in Certo. Stir and skim for 5 minutes. Pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 10 glasses (6 fluid ounces each).
CONCORD GRAPE JELLY AND BUTTER
CONCORD GRAPE JELLY
(also see [page 10])
4 cups (2 lbs.) juice
7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar
½ bottle Certo
To prepare juice, stem about 5½ pounds fully ripe grapes and crush thoroughly. Add ½ cup water, cover, and simmer 5 minutes. Place in large sieve lined with double layer of cheesecloth. Drain 4 cups juice. (Remove cheesecloth and use fruit remaining in sieve for Concord Grape Butter below.) Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire; at once add Certo, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard ½ minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 10 glasses (6 fluid ounces each).