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Sweet tea jelly.

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hondabbq
hondabbq Posts: 1,980
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Anyone ever tried to make it?

Recipe?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    hondabbq said:
    Anyone ever tried to make it?

    No sir. But I have drank many thousands of gallons of sweet tea. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • hondabbq
    hondabbq Posts: 1,980
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    SGH said:
    hondabbq said:
    Anyone ever tried to make it?

    No sir. But I have drank many thousands of gallons of sweet tea. 
    I'm with ya there even living up her in the Great White North. 

    I tried one one recipe I found but it didn't set. 

    Anyone have a non fruit jelly recipe?
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  • BigGreenBamaGriller
    BigGreenBamaGriller Posts: 629
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    Is there such a thing? I would think that since there is no fruit/vegetable and therefore no natural pectin, it would be very hard to make it set.
    Killen, AL (The Shoals)
    XL, Small, Minimax, and Mini BGEs
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  • Acn
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    hondabbq said:
    SGH said:
    hondabbq said:
    Anyone ever tried to make it?

    No sir. But I have drank many thousands of gallons of sweet tea. 
    I'm with ya there even living up her in the Great White North. 

    I tried one one recipe I found but it didn't set. 

    Anyone have a non fruit jelly recipe?
    What recipe did you try?

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • SGH
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    BigGreenBamaGriller said:
    Is there such a thing? 
    I actually do not know. I have never seen or heard of it but that certainly doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I hope someone has a recipe as I would love to try it. Sweet tea is actually one of my favorites.  

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • hondabbq
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    edited May 2015
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    BigGreenBamaGriller said:
    Is there such a thing? I would think that since there is no fruit/vegetable and therefore no natural pectin, it would be very hard to make it set.
    I just add pectin from the grocery store

    The recipe I tried had no acid in it. From what I read after about trying to fix a runny jelly is that it is a delicate balance between acid sugar and pectin. If any one is off, the end product will not be satisfactory. 

    Also so I was amazed at the ratios for sugar in the recipes I read, even for the fruit ones. I purposely cut the sugar back to 5 cups from 6 so that may have been my error, plus the lack of an acid. 

    I will get this right. I just have to go and get some more pectin. I have 35 lbs of butts on right now so don't want to leave the house for too long. 

    I will get this to work. 

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  • hondabbq
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    Well I have another batch going with a few adjustments. We will know of success or failure in a few hours once it's cooled. 
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  • hondabbq
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    It's looking good. I put 1 tbsp on a plate and it set up. Tasted super good too. Can't wait to have some on toast. I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch though. 
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  • BigGreenBamaGriller
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    Interested to hear what the final verdict is. You may be onto something here
    Killen, AL (The Shoals)
    XL, Small, Minimax, and Mini BGEs
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  • Hibby
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    I think adjusting the ratios of sugar to thickener are bound to result in less than satisfactory results. if you want less sugar, eat less of the jelly.
    I cook. I eat. I repeat. Thornville, Ohio
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  • hondabbq
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    Well it's morning and first thing I did was check the jelly. On a positive note, it's not syrupy. On the other side of that, it's not fully set like a true jelly. I don't know if it will set further as I have read it can take up to 2 weeks. My moms jellies set pretty much over night but those all contain fruit as well. 

    We we are closer. I think I will just need to add a bit more pectin. 
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  • hondabbq
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    On another note. It tastes great on toast. 
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  • hondabbq
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    The last batch above never did set up any more that the day I posted. 

    Just jarred up another run. I hope this one works. 

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  • Scottborasjr
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    Good luck. If you figure out you could be on to something big.....
    I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
    Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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