Making Uncle Steve's Grape Jelly in Appalachia

Last week my brother Steve shared his grape harvest with me. Watch this video to see how Corie and I turned the bounty into jelly. I also point out wild Fox Grapes that grow in the mountains of Appalachia and share a few stories about them from Pap. This video really highlights the importance of putting up food in Appalachia and making sure the next generation continues the tradition.
Grape Jelly with low sugar pectin
5lbs of grapes processed to extract juice
You'll need 5 1/2 cups juice
3 1/2 cups sugar
Mix 1/4 cup sugar (from the 3 1/2 cups sugar) with sure jel low sugar pectin and stir into grape juice. Cook until mixture comes to a boil. Add rest of sugar; stir to fully dissolve sugar. Bring to a rolling boil and boil one minute. Ladle hot jelly into hot sterilized jars and seal. Can be water bath processed for 5 minutes if so desired.
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[@markcarter108]

My mother lost her mother at birth & was raised by a aunt. She had 3 sisters & 1 brother. She was born in 1925. Times were hard then & she started making bread at age 12 and made 6 loaves a week. She did that for 78 years. I remember her making jams & jelly of every kind. We only needed 2-3 loaves a week and she gave away 3-4 loaves a week often with some jam or jelly. I remember us doing 60 jars of blackberry jam one July. Every teacher I had got a loaf a week. The Lord gave us more than we needed. Mom passed in 2020 at the age of 94. I sure do miss the fresh jam on on a hot slice of her bread. Thanks for jarring my memories.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What wonderful memories Mark-thank you for sharing them!!

[@rickmorton7819]

I love grape jelly and that looks delicious. And saying “be careful” is just a way of saying I love you.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is a way of saying I love you-thank you Rick 🙂

[@carlabridgesmason3529]

It definitely is.

[@janetmoss1427]

The figs are coming in at our old homeplace where my neice lives now. Fig preserves are my favorite. My sister has a dehydrator. She dries a lot of figs. They are like candy!

[@bconsilio3764]

Fresh fig are my favorite! I bet home dried figs are delicious!

[@janetmoss1427]

@@bconsilio3764 they really are!

[@stephenpickard3150]

Fig preserves are my favorite too. I’m having a hard time keeping them from freezing back in the winter here. They don’t freeze below ground just the bush.

[@janetmoss1427]

@@stephenpickard3150 mom has lost a few due to freezing over the years. We live in the Piedmont area of NC so our winters can be fairly mild.

[@stephenpickard3150]

My sister in law lives in western Kentucky and hers do great. Just gets a little to cold here in S.E. Kentucky according to my extension agent.

[@GottaBeThere2736]

Well said on smelling the sunshine when opening a jar of 'fresh' tomatoes in Winter. Mmm.

[@kathynorris8963]

My grandparents in TN had plum trees that my grandmother would make wonderful jelly out of. That would have to be my favorite, then peach, apple and grape. But as long as it's homemade 😋 they are all my favorites.

[@cathypeterson3545]

My father-in-law's neighbor let me pick his grapes so I came on KZbin to find a recipe. I've never made grape jelly so I'm excited to try your recipe 😋😁

[@marshmallowranch6403]

My grandma made what she called “Black Cap Jelly”. The best I can describe the berries is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. The aroma was wonderful and the jelly just sparkled. It was always my favorite and when we came to visit, Grandma always asked me if I wanted a piece of “jelly bread”. It was Wonder Bread with a generous slather of her home churned butter and Black Cap Jelly. She also made her strawberries into “Freezer Jam” and it was as good as any fresh strawberry. Talk about summer in a jar! Grandma and Pop-Pop raised strawberries for farmer’s market when I was growing up in Ritchie County, West Virginia. Don’t we always think that where we grew up was the prettiest place in the world! ‘Deed, it was. Thank you for taking me back to those dusty old roads, Miss Tipper. I appreciate all you do to Celebrate Appalachia.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for the kind encouraging words! And for sharing those memories 😀

[@karenstewart8818]

Aside from all the tomatoes my parents put up, we had a wild grape vine that ran the length of one side of our property. I remember my mom making jelly and at that time, she poured paraffin on top of them rather than using lids. She also made crab apple jelly from the tree in our yard. It was such a pretty pale pink and I really loved the taste of it.

[@gloriahohman2790]

I do love home canned grape jelly and blackberry jelly but strawberry preserves are my favorite.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Matt loves strawberry too 🙂

[@BigRW]

My dad grew grape vines on two big metal poles shaped like a T with 4 cables strung between them, like a big clothesline. He fertilized them with rabbit droppings. Worked great. We had lots of grapes every year.

[@susanstoermer2972]

Grape jelly was the first kind I ever made in Jr High school home economics class. We used bottled grape juice and sealed the jars with wax. I like grape but will do a strawberry jam every couple of years now. That’s my favorite.

[@lindabarnes5299]

Spent summers on our grandparents farm in southern Missouri. This brings back memmories of making muscadine and dewberry jelly for my grandparents.....hands stained purple from the fruit being squeezed throug the cheesecloth!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Dew berries are so good! Not many around here though.

[@larryeddings3185]

My grandmother always did a lot of canning. Her biscuits and pear preserves were the best I have ever eaten. Your video brought back memories of her working in her kitchen.

[@KimOpperman]

I love love love seeing you and the girls working in the kitchen side by side. ❤❤❤

[@phyllispitts6656]

I do enjoy your videos! Yours and the girls. I enjoy watching as you do family things together, whether it’s working in the gardens, cooking in the kitchen, walking along local trail, or out shopping, or just talking about life in general. Please keep ‘em coming!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much!

[@valeriejensen983]

Hi I'm new to your channel. Thank you for sharing, as you did a fantastic post! I know your home smelled magnificent while cooking down the 🍇. I just picked my Concord 🍇which are fairly new vines. I learned from my grandmother how to make jam at the age of 15 and think of her always. Granny was important to me, as she always made pies, cookies, goodies, dinner and the best hot cocoa and everything was made from scratch and delicious! I'm soon 66 years old and yes the memories we have are dear and special to our hearts! I know see her and other family members in Heaven.♥️🙏🍇👍

[@carolynpurser7469]

Loved your description of how you feel when you open a jar of tomatoes. Not silly at all. Yes, jelly does taste so good on white bread. Haven't had that in years.

[@laurenbowen8707]

I love grape jelly. In my house when we fold the white bread with jelly, we call it a jelly taco.

[@angelialou]

We have wild grapes we call Mustang grapes, they are very similar to the grapes you are processing and are very acidic, but make excellent jelly. I do the same process that you showed and its the best grape jelly ever. If I don’t have enough juice for a last batch, I’ll add apple juice and make a grape-apple jelly. I never thought to freeze extra, but I have added sugar and canned it for juice to drink.

[@johnfelter9736]

Watch your videos. Enjoyed your making jelly. Reminds me of my childhood watching mom putting up jelly. Thanks for taking me to my childhood.

[@dalechurchdc]

I am sorry to write so many different things but when I see your videos it brings back so many wonderful memories about the times and people I love ❤️ thank you

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I love your comments thank you for leaving them 😀

[@sharonharrison3611]

I used to make grape jelly a lot. I used purple concord grapes. Mine were nice deep purple jelly. Its a beautiful thing.

[@gaylecoffey3313]

HOMEMADE grape jelly and pear or peach preserves! I love the thin slices of pears and peaches in preserves. There is NO comparison of the homemade to a store bought grape jelly, especially when, like you did, they are run through a ricer until the skins are almost dry and you get the added flavor of the skin. My mother had a large grape arbor with at least a dozen beautiful vines growing so thickly that we kids and our 'vertically challenged' Mom could stand under them and pick the grapes in the shade. In the hot summers, we would build a playhouse under them and Mother would caution us "Don't break the vines. You'll make them bleed and they won't make enough grapes." She wouldn't trim or train them until the dead of winter "when the sap is down". I especially loved the thick skinned muscadines and we would always put up a run or two of muscadine jelly. I loved to pile the skimmed off foam on buttered light bread and eat it.

[@mpedals]

i could smell that,,,,made grape jelly last week,,,,,,,love it, and today is apple cider syrup, the house smells are amazing when cooking fruit , love to make three batches at a time, and its usually time to can something else, i always use quarts also

[@janetlavoie2441]

Love grape jelly, but love all jelly, its like a taste of summer !

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is like storing up that summer goodness 🙂

[@greenmouseguard]

Ladies I truly enjoy watching all your videos over and over again. I found this one, I never seen before. 😊 God bless all of you🙏🙏🙏 Linda from Ct

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks so much 😊

[@margaretleehightower3073]

I have my great grandmother’s sieve and wooden plunger and her dough bowl for making biscuits. I’m nearly 63 and I treasure those things.

[@lorchid23]

Growing up on Chickamauga Lake, every year in late summer and into the fall, my sisters and I would go out wild grape, muscadine & scuppernong hunting. Those are some of my best memories…except for the dadgum cottonmouths. Our mom would make jelly with them and that’s how I learned to love jelly smeared onto Mama’s buttermilk pancakes instead of syrup. BTW, those are some really pretty grapes, ladies! 💯🇺🇸❣️😉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'll have to try it on pancakes-that sounds really good 🙂

[@ohnoyce]

Oh gosh! You just threw me back 50 years! Grape jelly on pancakes...Y-u-m!!!

[@lorchid23]

@@ohnoyce - To this very day, I eat buttermilk pancakes with only grape jelly & butter, or just butter alone. Makes my tongue want to slap-out the roof of my mouth. 😛😋 Makes me smile from ear to ear knowing my memories brought you back that far! 💯🇺🇸 God bless 👍🏻

[@Sweetpea1128]

Back in the day, I made Strawberry freezer jam. We ate it on bread, toast, with peanut butter, and on ice cream. We had grapes on out arbor, but no one wanted grape jelly. We ate the grapes like crazy though!! 🌞🍇🍓

[@tomjerniagan8827]

Strawberry preserves is number one and then grape jelly and peach preserves. I like pear preserves but have not had any in a while pears are hard to find around here. I have been without a mustache one time in almost fifty years and seldom been without a beard in forty or so. I used to cut it off around Memorial Day and start it back Labor Day. I cut it off once when my daughter was little and she didn’t know who I was. Enjoyed

[@meloniemurillo2885]

The grapes you called fox grapes, we have always called them Muscidines. I have two rows of their sister plant (scuppernongs) in my backyard. My dad planted them years ago. They make real good jelly also.

[@robertaorres8019]

OMG while watching you both “look the grapes” I just wanted to grab one and eat it!! I just got done 2 days ago making grape jam.

[@epeach7432]

I bought some really sweet concord grapes this morning and looked to see if you had a recipe for jelly. I only had enough to make 1 pint and 2 half pints but followed along with your video as I made it. They are setting up now and I just heard one POP! I did as you did and spread the remaining teaspoon or so on a piece of bread. It's delicious! I grew up here in the south and through you, I am learning to cook recipes that remind me of my very cherished Mema's cooking. Thank you for helping me get back to my roots! God bless!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful 😀

[@victorgraves1307]

We call them wild grapes possum grapes in East Tennessee,and id love to have at jelly with some big ole cathead biscuits and butter,cold glass of milk!!! Mmmm

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds so good 🙂

[@benlaw4647]

I enjoyed this very much ! I like pretty much all jellies, but grape , BlackBerry is are my favorite ones...I like eating it like you ,piece of bread folded ....also sometimes on toast and with a little butter all mixed in .....thanks tipper ....God bless....🙏

[@Jean-ko4xv]

My mouth is watering. Thanks for the visit! God Bless, Jean

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you too 🙂

[@yvonnehouston4893]

So enjoyed watching you make the jelly! I have a large bowl of figs ready to be made into preserves. So very satisfying to put up jams and jellies for the winter! Thank you for the demo! God bless

[@cheryllamb8831]

Steve's grape jelly looks beautiful. Unfortunately for me I am allergic to grape juice & jelly. How strange that fresh grapes are fine. My favorite jelly is raspberry, blackberry, or peach. Love it on warm biscuits. Thank you for showing us your method of jelly making, and the harvesting.

[@buckydover2892]

Loved the video and a late happy birthday to Mrs. Tipper!!😁

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@kimlhelzy]

My Papas had grape vines and loved helping my Granny make jelly. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

[@midwestribeye7820]

Watching and listening to the two of you is bittersweet. I wish I was blessed with knowledge and memories of processing real food with my mom or grandmother. However, I'm learning on my own. Enjoy your time together and tell each other how much you are loved and blessed to have good family.❤

[@danamarie4847]

Another great video, it is relaxing for me to watch them. I used a ricer (sieve) for years until I got a juice steamer. It is a blessing to spend time with Corie in the kitchen making jelly and memories

[@ramonahierholzer3163]

Blackberry is my favorite! 😊

[@krismckenzie1802]

There is a good number of vineyards in my neck of the woods, but they mostly contract their entire crop to wine makers. Wine is a big industry on the west coast. My experience with Appalachian grape jelly came when I was a youngster of 18. I met some folks from Tennessee and we became friends. They never felt at home here, so they wanted to move back. They asked me to drive their truck back to Tennessee and then they paid for my plane ticket home. I got to see a lot of country. On the way back they gave me home canned jelly. Muscadine jelly they called it. Being 18, and more fool than man, I stuck the jelly jar in a shoe in my luggage. Of course it arrived in Portland broken, and I never got to taste the jelly. My shoes had a lovely aroma of grape thereafter.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Poor shoes 🙂

[@austingipsysite]

My favorite is Saskatoon berry, we picked them from the bushes outside of town (in Alberta) and my Mom made jam out of them.

[@connieb4372]

Kind of late to the game but my favorite jellies that I grew up eating that my mother and her sister would put up would be what they called dewberry (blackberry) and my aunt's pear preserves which she colored red because plain pears were ugly to her. I miss those days and good old homemade jellies, preserves and jams.

[@carollyngillespie3860]

Grape jelly is and always has been my all time favorite.

[@ladyemerygizer]

I like grape best with apple second. Then, I like watermelon jelly.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I've never had watermelon jelly! I bet it's good 🙂

[@rhondabutler4172]

Our family enjoys Sand Plum Jelly that’s made from wild Sand Plums in our area. It takes a lot of sugar because the wild plums are bitter. It’s a beautiful color, similar to coral. You can’t always get them. The ones we pick don’t always produce or the birds and deer get them. So when we have a good crop, a lot of people here in NW Oklahoma will make jelly. I also freeze part of the juice that not quite enough for a complete run of jelly. Thanks for taking us along as you and Corie made jelly. Fun memories!!💕

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I bet that is some tasty jelly 🙂

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

A old Cherokee treat that I love is taking either wild grape, muscadine or grape juice and sweeten it a bit and cooking rolled dumplings in it. Thicken the juice up once the dumplings are cooked. It is a amazing dessert. 🍀

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds great!

[@michaelmartindale4981]

I would love to try your cooking

[@dianatennant4346]

That jelly looks beautiful and I could probably sit and eat those folded white bread jelly sandwiches forever. Thanks for sharing brought back good memories

[@kennethbreuhl2540]

Yes I like grape 🍇 jelly.

[@richardsillery324]

My wife,who is a great cook also made Raspberry mixed with Blueberry preserves this summer! It is delicious! Nothing like homemade!!

[@tonyguill6209]

Good looking jelly! My mom made pear preserves every year. Thanks for sharing

[@greenQT]

Neat vid. Loved you and your daughter. I am harvesting elderberries right now in California. Made a pie, drying some to make syrup and did make a small batch of jam. My daughter shares my love for foraging in California. Lovely. Thanks. K

[@phyllisalexander7644]

What a joy!!!!!!! Blackberry anything is always my favorite. Speaking of unusual pairings, your jelly sandwich and a cucumber, I have made vegetable soup for many years. When my husband and I were married, I would have a bowl of vegetable soup and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He always thought that was really weird. But it really was delicious. I love grape and strawberry jams too. I was never very good at making jellies. They never set up. I'm sure I was doing something wrong but I was never able to figure out what. Great video LADIES. Jeri Whittaker 10/21/2021

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Jeri! Matt loves peanut butter sandwiches with his soup 😀

[@orthohawk1026]

I'm with you, Phyllis, blackberry anything is yummy; there should really be more blackberry flavored things available in the store. I'm still waiting for Kellogg to bring out blackberry Pop-Tarts!

[@dwjr5129]

Watching you guys make this reminds me of my grandma’s homemade sand plum jelly. I’m sure yours is every bit as good as hers.

[@rtward9]

grape jelly and melted butter on toast are what dreams are made of.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 Jelly toast is hard to beat!

[@andreaszule1558]

Favorite is currant, then cherry and apricot. Oh and plum! That sure looks pretty. Great story about the facial hair. My husband does the same and shocked the kids when they were wee ones!

[@duaneholcomb8408]

Fox grapes grow wild here And Muscadines. Also get wild here. ,but the raccoons always get my Muscadines before I do. Muscadines have thick hull on them but there sweet. There a type of grape. Some people make muscadine wine. Out of em. I just like eating off the vine. I like figs too and my granny always had plums and apples. Trees around the house. Ok y'all take care

[@theresacourter2936]

My grapes are almost ready😁

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂

[@kyhl6159]

You can buy these in grocery stores and they're the most expensive out of the other grapes. My Grandparents had a vine in their backyard, my Brother and I would go and eat them, and my Granny would come out the screen door yelling, "get outta there!!!" Lol

[@noahcount7132]

Definitely enjoyed watching the mother and daughter jelly-making video -- and the stories that got related while it was going on. Home made jams and jellies are what I grew up on, but from day one the only way I've ever enjoyed grapes is just as they come off the grapevine -- no grape jelly or grape juice or grape Kool-Aid or anything else that's grape-flavored for me, thank you.

[@peacefulwife5199]

LOL, I was fine with all other natural dirt on the grapes......until you mentioned the doggos in the neighborhood. Then I kept saying wash those again, wash them once more...😁 Ohh, the power of suggestion is a strong thing. Thank you Tipper for a fun video. Have a great weekend. ❤

[@katherinemcconnell1531]

….🍇That Looks Absolutely Delicious ~ And Yes, Grape Jelly Is The Best ~ My Favourite Sandwich As A Child Was Grape Jelly, PeaNut Butter On White Bread ~ If I Was Extra Lucky I Got A 5 Cent Bag Of Potato Chips And A Coke~A~Cola ~ Thanks For Sharing🍇….

[@davidcaskey4669]

Home made jelly and homemade biscuits will make your tongue slap the roof of your mouth till it hurts

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 for sure!

[@davidcaskey4669]

@@CelebratingAppalachia i forgot about fresh sauage on that biscuit too how could i ever forget that lol

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@davidcaskey4669 🙂

[@ReeImagined]

We had those grapes too! You'd pop them in your mouth and the skins would pop off with a flick of your tongue. My great uncle (not really related, but close friends of family would sometimes be called uncles or aunts) had trellised grapes on his old homeplace. I remember going with my Dad a couple times and gathering them up, or sneaky eating them when we could =) We had to watch picking grapes at my place because of snakes. My Mom canned up until the early 80's. We used to sit on the front porch and snap beans or shuck corn. Did you ever have traditions with family get togethers? We used to eat at my aunt's house on Sundays. The women would cook, then men got plates, followed by the kids, and then the women would eat, then clean up. No one would seriously think of doing that these days, but that went on until I was old enough to notice. Also, the women would serve the men a mixed drink afterwards if that was going on. I don't remember many of my relatives that were smokers. Nowadays, the newer generations have given up many traditions and have gone to the cities for jobs. They call it progress, haha! I can't say much because I did the exact same thing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful memories! We used to eat at Granny Gazzie's every Sunday for dinner 🙂

[@knobbynah]

Now I want a jar of just the foam.

[@kathya739]

Not wanting to step on toes, but I noticed your lids and seals, boiling away on the back of the stove, which I did the same for years. But now, the "official canning guide", says that the seals are made with a different type of sealant, and boiling and simmering could cause them to fail. Supposedly, just warming them in water, before it strikes a simmer is all that is needed to ensure safe cannon ng. I've had no issues with the adjustment, and everything seals properly. And I tip my jelly/jam jars also;)! Thanks for posting. Sounds like Katey has allergies:(. No fun. But you'd think as much as the twins are outdoors(just like my kids), it would never be an issue. My twins took dimetap all through their younger years, and even now, have allergy issues, once in a great while. Hope she's better... :).

[@jeannetaylor2217]

The grape’s your using are concord grapes. The easiest way I learned to make grape jelly was from my grandma, whose family came from Denmark. All you do is measure 3cups of grapes and 3 cups of Pure Cane sugar. Boil for 15 minutes, pour into the cone strainer run the wooden mallet round and round to get all the grape without the peels and seeds into a bowel. Put in hot jars and put the lids on tight. Concord grapes have there own NATURAL Pectin. No pkgs pectin required. You can make Moore than 3 cups at a time BUT YOU STILL NEED to boil 15min per cup. So if your using 9 cups of grapes, 9 cups of sugar you need to boil for 45 minutes at a. Slow rolling boil.

[@russellrofe4849]

I'm waiting for the muscadines and scuppernongs to come in. It will be another month in our part of the start.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That will be some goodness for sure 🙂

[@craigcottrell3949]

I could almost taste that jelly on a fresh biscuit with some butter. I’ve got the latter two but store bought jelly just would not have been the saMe so just sticking to butter n molasses.

[@naturesmagik]

14:30, we always called that a sieve...

[@samfinn487]

Your jelly looks so good! Blackberry is my favorite berry in anything , especially jam. Your jelly sandwiches sound good but I'd have to pass on the cucumber chaser! ;-) God bless ........

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks Sam 🙂

[@dalechurchdc]

Oboy grape jelly and a good old hot biscuits 😋

[@Kristen879]

I had a fungus issue this year with my grapes. My vine is only two years old,so I hope I can fix the issue.

[@sg1803]

Looks splendid! Could you please tell me where I could get a sieve with that inside wooden pestle?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! My mother n law got me that one ages ago so I'm not sure where you could pick one up. You might find an old one on Ebay 🙂

[@sg1803]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Ah, ok. I will take a look. I just made ricotta & it would have been perfect to drain it. Thank you 🙂

[@villiehaizlip7626]

Strawberry first 2nd Grape. Biscuits buttered and preserves! Tum

[@lisaanderson2900]

Orange marmalade is my favorite! Or pumpkin butter. Does that count?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 It does! Thanks for watching!!

[@sandraedwards8228]

Those look like scuponines when Corey pulled the skin off!

[@margiesteininger3344]

peach and blueberry

[@hecklepig]

In a restaurant kitchen we call those strainers a chinois or Chinese hat for the obvious reasons.

[@lynndora5046]

Was the flooding in your home town

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Lynn we had some flooding in my county, but nothing like the horrors other folks have suffered in Western NC.

[@PerformanceRacingGroupGarage]

When you turn them upside down will they seal without a water bath

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Mine do, but if you'd like to water bath process for 5 to 10 minutes 😀

[@rhondajo3]

Those look like Muscadine grapes.

[@marycoughlan353]

Just FYI the strainer is called a chinois.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you-never heard it called that 😀

[@bonnielaarman1878]

These are just like the grapes my grandparents had growing on a fence on their farm...in later years my grandma didn't make jelly anymore because her kids were all grown...I would eat those grapes until I would often get a tummy ache...

[@branejane800]

Don't know which color is more beautiful - the violet or the grape jelly! I can imagine both are delicious. First time I made cornbread in my skillet this morning! Came out pretty good.. Also took the strings off my sugar snap peas yesterday. I don't think a string could be found when I was finished. You're a very good influence! 😄🍇🍀

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Yay! That all sounds great Jane 🙂

[@LB-eh5fz]

Hello Jane,,, IM 66 IN KENTUCKY,,,ALL OLDER WOMEN ALL MY LIFE,,, KEPT ONE CAST IRON SKILLET THAT THEY ONLY MADE THEIR CORNBREAD IN ,,, I HAVE A 93 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR SHE STILL MAKES CORNBREAD IN HER CAST IRON SKILLET AND ALWAYS TELLS STORIES OF HIDING THE SKILLET WHEN NOT IN USE TO KEEP SOMEONE FROM FRYING SOMETHING IN IT ,,, MY MOTHER GAVE ME MY GRANDMOTHERS GRISWOLD CAST IRON SKILLET ITS VERY OLD ,,I WILL SOON GIVE IT TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER, I ONLY HAVE TWO SONS ,,THEIR WIVES WONT USE IT,, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WILL ,IF SHE DOESNT USE IT SHE WILL CHERISH IT ,,,,♥️👵🏻

[@branejane800]

@@LB-eh5fz You sound just like Tipper! I think she also has one special skillet for her cornbread. I finally treated myself to one last year but haven't used it much until this past week. I don't know the first thing about seasoning a cast iron skillet and even less about cooking in one! Thank goodness I ran across the cornbread video from Celebrating Appalachia. On the other hand, I do have a very large and precious dutch oven that my mother gave me about 20 years ago. I was thrilled when she handed it to me as she used it to make pork butt potatoes and cabbage in it -- one of our favorites. Thank you for your reply - be well. 🐬

[@tenkiller9999]

Just watching this triggers memories so vivid that I can smell the aromas coming from Grandma's kitchen when she was making grape jelly back in the early 1960's. Thank you so much!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Its the best smell 🙂

[@rethinkcps2116]

@@CelebratingAppalachia - I picked six pints of blackberries en route to a job interview in 1982. Made jam the next day, with only sugar added. Tasted harshly mettalic, inedible. I wasted all those fresh plump berries. 😗

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@rethinkcps2116 sorry about that!

[@misscindy3414]

Tipper, that jelly looks wonderful. There is nothing as satisfying as home made jelly. This has been a real treat to watch. My favorite jelly just happens to be grape! Hint, Hint!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 Thanks Miss Cindy!

[@donaldwells2102]

Wife made grape jelly this week too, it taste good,I had some on my pancakes this morning.She made her's the same way.Thanks Tipper and Corie for sharing your grape jelly making expertise 🙂.Whose going to have bragging rights on the jelly, You or Granny. I'd say Granny probably 🙂.Have a Great Week Tipper.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You know it will be Granny LOL! Thank you Donald 🙂

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Enjoyed your video. I’ve always had a taste for homemade muscadine grape jelly. God bless you for sharing these videos focusing on the simple life. - Tennessee Smoky

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so welcome!

[@johnproctor5292]

My favorite jelly that we make is vanilla peach peel jelly. After it sets for a few weeks to a month when all the flavors meld together is when it tastes best. The flavor kinda reminds me of peaches 'n' cream. Great video. Thank you.

[@kathybuchanan9470]

Looks so yummy. Great job Tipper and Corey. My husband has a little kumquat tree we got from California. He moves it into the house every winter and baby's that thing. Last year it finally had enough fruit that I made kumquat marmalade. This year it is covered up in tiny green fruit too. 😋 I think they ripen around the holidays. Now, I need to find a grapevine 😄

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh what a wonderful thing! I hope they all make it this year too 🙂

[@Prepping_mimi]

We were at our daughters house in SC this weekend at their new place. They have lots of “wild grapes”. Maybe they can make some jelly for the kids. Great video. Ty for sharing 😁

[@loufancelli1330]

I think my favorite jelly is probably fig, but I do love grape jelly. We had grape vines growing up and while we never made jelly - I think my mom felt like she'd made enough of it when she was a kid from their grape vines - we did pick the leaves early in the season to make stuffed grape leaves, and I loved eating the grapes right from the vine. We also had peach trees and fig trees and there is nothing like picking fruit from your tree and eating it right there in the yard!

[@sheilac1845]

Those are the biggest grapes I've seen on the vine, usually they're little grapes 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They were so pretty 🙂

[@nomdeplume2213]

Right! I wonder if wine grapes are usually the ones we see most? I wonder how old his vines are. Growing grapes is so intensive and amazing imo. To think some wine vines are 100s of years old

[@rhansen1969]

Grape jelly is my personal favorite. I have a large amount of Concord grapes on my property, and growing up we had concord grapes too. They make delicious juice too. Your analogy of openung a jar of tomatoes in the winter and smelling summer & feeling the warm sun on your arms, was priceless. I have thought the exact same thing when I open a jar of my canned tomatoes. ❤🙏❤