Hi from Wisconsin, Zone 4/5

[Marie2020]

i've never peeled grapes to make grape jam, but jam is different than jelly. what i have done is used a food mill to get the skins separated.

it's still jam without the skins because i don't filter the results at all - i do like whatever bits of pulp are in there.

Thank you for that information

 

[baymule]

We did Google recipes last year and chose one that said "Easy Grape Jelly." It wasn't easy getting all those skins off, that's for sure! But we'll just try to find a different one this year, I guess. Thanks for the tip on Alton Brown. I usually wind up at All Recipes dot com.

I have an old berry strainer that I love. I found it in a rent house after the occupant went to a nursing home. Family cleared out the house but nobody wanted that old strainer. That was when I was 20, I’m 70 now, so I guess it’s REALLY OLD!!

Old Tomato/Berry Strainer

I hauled out my old tomato/berry strainer yesterday to remove seeds from some roma tomatoes I was given. I cooked them on low heat for a bit, along with some cherry tomatoes I grew, then poured them in the strainer. I froze the juice for now, until I get the 2nd round of squash to go in soup...

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[flowerbug]

for ultra-low-tech you can take a clean new wicker basket (rinse it off first to get the dust off it) and put some cheesecloth in the bottom and up the sides and then use it as a strainer.

the basket may take on some new color in the process...