Your Mother was a Hamster...
And your Father smelt of Elderberries.... ah... Elderberries. I had never had them much less smelled them but now I know.
Elderberries picked from the bushes.
I used a fork to pull the berries from the stems.
The berries are cooked and then wrapped up to drain overnight. I ended up with 1 gallon of juice for my efforts!
6 Cups juice, 1/2 C. lemon juice, 2 boxes fruit pectin, 1/2 teaspoon butter to prevent foaming, and 9 (gasp) C sugar. Bubble bubble.
I got 11 and 1/2 jars of elderberry jelly. I took some of that 1/2 jar and melted it back down to syrup and poured it on vanilla ice cream. You don't get photos of that one or you would be mad at me for not sharing. It was that amazing. Tomorrow I have 2 more batches to make so maybe if you are really really nice..........
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