SPARKLING STRAWBERRY JELLY
_(also see page 8)_
4 cups (2 lbs.) berry juice
7½ cups (3¼ lbs.) sugar
1 bottle Certo
To prepare juice, place 5 quarts uncrushed strawberries in kettle. Add ½
cup sugar and mix. This sugar is in addition to 7½ cups specified above.
Cover kettle and heat gently until juice starts to flow, then bring just
to the simmering point. Place in colander or sieve lined with double
layer of cheesecloth. Drain 4 cups juice. (Use remaining fruit for Whole
Strawberry Jam below.) Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and
mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and 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 11
glasses (6 fluid ounces each).
WHOLE STRAWBERRY JAM
_(also see page 19)_
4 cups (2 lbs.) strawberries
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).