Oh well---sigh---it was worth a try
Chocolate Basil? Still searching...
Can't knock you for trying!!!
Marti, I am truely your friend.I'll take the jelly. What kind of jelly is it? Please don't tell me its CB jelly.
I've got peonies. Pink ones.But no hydrangias.
Too tired to do any plotting today...spent yesterday all day on the tractor putting down fertilizer and lime.....
I have Dandelion Jelly, Spicy Tomato Jelly and later this year I will have Blackberry jam and if I can find enough, I'll have elderberry jelly. But can't promise the elderberry jelly at this time. Oh and I did find some Mulberries so am going to try and get enough for jelly.
Marti, For real, dandilion Jelly?
Yes!! And it is so good!! Would you like some? I have to make some more next week so I can send a jar out to Calif to a friend. So I can send you a 1/2 pint at that time. It kind of has a honey/lemon/apple flavor.
I don't think I believe any recipe idea that's posted on this thread, LOL, but now I am going to google "Dandelion Jelly."
Its a simple recipe. If you have problems I can send you the recipe or just post it.
Marti
From YumYum.com.....( really that's the name of the website)
Dandelion Jelly Ingredients:
1 qt Dandelion blossoms
2 qt Water
2 tb Fresh lemon juice
1 3/4 oz Powdered fruit pectin
5 1/2 c Sugar
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Dandelion Jelly Instructions:
Pick bright, fresh dandelion blossoms and pack the quart container pretty tightly.
This is going to require a lot of dandelion blossoms! Rinse quickly in cold water to remove any insects/dirt on the petals.
Don't leave the blossoms in the water for very long though, as they will be a little the worse for wear.
Next, pull up a chair somewhere comfortable, as this part is going to take awhile.
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Snip off the stem and green collar under each blossom, so that only the petals are left.
This takes about four hours! In an enamel saucepan, boil the dandelion petals in water for 3 minutes, or a little longer, until the water takes on their color.
(I boiled the petals for 4 minutes until I liked the color better.
) Cool and strain, pressing against the petals with your fingers to extract all of the dandelion juice.
(Or you can cheat and line a sieve with moistened cheesecloth and strain it that way.
) Measure out 3 cups of dandelion liquid.
Add the lemon juice and fruit pectin.
Stir to combine.
Bring to a boil, using a large kettle.
Add the sugar, stirring to mix well.
Continue stirring and boil the mixture for 2 and 1/2 minutes.
Pour into hot sterilized jelly jars and seal.
Process for five minutes in a boiling water bath.
Yield: Five 1/2 pint jars.
ummm, wonder how it would taste with a bit of Chocolate Basil added...........
I still think you are pulling my leg. But I am looking at my yellow-studded yard in a new light...
LOL....here's the link......Marti could post her's and we can compare.......only Bigfoot would pull your leg.
opp's forgot the link...
http://www.yumyum.com/recipe.htm?ID=14312
This message was edited May 16, 2010 8:16 PM
Pull? Bigfoot would yank my leg right off. LOL
Actually, I did google and found bunches of recipes. Sounds like it's along the same lines as corn cob jelly, which I'd also like to make this year (supposed to have a delicate flavor). Thanks!
THE CHOCOLATE BASIL BLUES
I got the blues,I got the blues, The chocolate basil blues.
I've seeked and sought and surveyed for just one chocolate basil plant. I got the blues, The chocolate basil blues.
The plant is real, like really real.
But no one i know of has seen it. This chocolate basil plant.
I got the blues, i got the blues,the chocolate basil blues.
I saw a bigfoot, a really,really bigfoot
He was wearing a chocolate basil wig. He kissed a bear she stole his wig,his chocolate basil wig.
I got the blues, The chocolate basil blues.
An ermine streaked across the street. She ate the wig and thought it neat. He did'nt see the mighty SHE. MJS ON HER TRUSTY STEED.She grabbed that ermine and thumped it good.
I got the blues.I got the blues, The Chocolate Basil blues.
The wig went sailing into loch Nestle.
Celene caught it, with her knee.and pestoficated tHat CB.
Along came marti with a big waaaa waaaa,followed by VOERTREKER with a bigger waaaa waaaa.
I got the blues, The chocolate basil blues.
The tears did fall on CB wig.
The CB flipped and said indeed, i think i layed a CB seed. I got the blues.The chocolate basil blues.
Betty took that seed, the CB seed,and planted it in New York,with a fork. She hid it with a weed but marked it with a bead.
I've got the chocolate basil blues
Along came cando,a gleam in her eye. She sideled up to Bettys place, with a wicked wicked smile. I spy a basil,a chocolate basil,she cackled and she cried.
I got the blues, I got the blues, The chocolate basil blues.
But Betty caught her by surprise.She bipped her once and bopped her twice and gave her this advice. Don't get the blues,I'm telling you. Chocolate Basil is not for you.
The moral of this story is There are no magic basil beans, no chocolate basil pie.
The fountain of youth is easier to find than chocoLate basil pie.
I GOT THE CHOCOLATE BASIL BLUES.
Dandelion Jelly
1 qt dandelion flowers, clean and destemmed
1 tsp lemon juice
4 cups water
In large pan, put dandelion flowers, lemon juice and water. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
Strain thru fine cheesecloth.
Put 3 1/2 cups juice in large pan and add pectin, bring to boil.
add the 4 cups sugar and bring back to boil for 3 minutes.
Stirring all the time.
Put into sterile 8 oz jars and water bath for 5 minutes.
Taste like honey/apple jelly.
This message was edited May 18, 2010 8:02 AM
Way to go cando!!!!!!
I do thank you guys. I'll see if i have enough dandilions left. If not i will next year.
The offer for some jelly was sweet but i can wait.postage is terrible right now. I bet it is a beautiful color.
I made some banana jam this winter. If tempted....Don't. It tasted terrible. I threw it out.
Cando EXCELLENT !
Banana jam ???????? ewwwwwwwwwwwwww, I don't like Banana anything except "fresh' ready to peel...........
I like banana pudding.
Did I forget to mention that I watered my CB patch with water from my nearby Fountain of Youth?
I should have known.
Hmm, that does explain the occasionally juvenile humor in your posts...
;-)
Vortreker must be like...Plants de Leon, finding the botanical fountain of youth.
Celene........roflmol...............you have been too funny lately.......
LOL-LOL
Hats off to you again Celene.
Thanks for the dandelion jelly recipe. I was trying to figure out what to take to the potluck for our next herb club meeting and was going to bake something like rolls or bagels. The jelly would be perfect!
don't forget the secret ingredient ...............
Love!!!!
not love.....chocolate basil!!!!!
Doesn't Love = Chocolate Basil?
There are times when i'm not sure if it's love or hate.; )
I make basil jelly every year, now I have a yearning for chocolate basil jelly...sigh.
Guess I would have to settle for basil jelly with a little cocoa powder, though maybe by the time my basil is ready for harvest the elusive stuff will have been found.
Basil jelly? Got to try that. I'm also going to try making Lavender Jelly.
I see it's mjsponies birthday today! Happy Happy Birthday!
Come on VORTREKER and send her some CB already!!!
locakelly,
thank you ! and yeah, what she said Vort.............bring on the CB........
Happy BD mjs----Dream on
But it's her birthday for crying out loud! Can't you at least send her a picture of it? LOL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MJS!!!!
Yeah Vort, Just one lil plant for her birthday.Than next month one plant for my birthday.
Just think of the votes we could get for you!!!!!!!!
My birthday is in December - hint hint...