I've spent most of the day in the kitchen, made 3 pints of crab apple juice in to mint jelly. 9 more lbs of apples prepared & cooked up, now dripping through the jelly bag. Still got 1.5 pints of crab apple juice, I might combine the 2, plans to make chilli jelly. How many chilli's per pint of juice? Also some of Sunnys sage & garlic jelly as well I think.Yesterday I made my mincemeat with another 1:1/2lbs of apples, this year I've used eating apples instead of cooking apples since I have been given so many, still abagful to use.
With the last of the crab apples I've filled 2 x 1.5 litre jars, 1 has been filled with gin & the other brandy & some sugar.
I still need to filter the elderflower gin I made earlier, does it normally go brown? It's the first year I've made it.
I've been offered some grapes, so hopefully will go & get them later in the week for grape jelly