hulls and their jelly

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Seriously. I made jelly. Out of something not even known for being food. I'm cool like that.
PurpleHull Pea Jelly, from the Emerson, Arkansas PurpleHull Pea Festival & World Championship Rotary Tiller Race Web site:
www.purplehull.com

4 cups juice (see below)
5 cups sugar
1 package Surejell
1/2 tsp. butter*
2 Tablespoons lemon juice**

*I did not use butter.
**Based on several other recipes I found, I added a little over 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

This jelly is made from the hulls rather than the peas. Wash empty hulls three or four times. Boil hulls until tender. Strain juice. Let juice boil, add Surejell and butter. When this comes to a rolling boil, add sugar. Let come to a rolling boil again. Let boil for 15 minutes. Set aside for 5 minutes. Skim. Pour into jars and seal.

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The G-tastic 7 says:

Jammed up
Jelly Tight
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

yougrowgirl says:

What does this taste like? The colour is beautiful
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ex.libris says:

I don't think I could get any more impressed with you. I've reached my limit.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

stubborndev says:

really? REALLY? *scratching head*
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

I KNOW! Ain't it crazy? While researching recipes for the peas (because after Hoppin' John, I'm pretty much out of ideas), I came across this quote:

"Purple hull peas produce grape flavored jelly. White crowder peas produce honey flavored jelly. Lady peas make apple jelly; and by combining the hulls of crowder, purple, whippoorwill and lady peas a plum tasting jelly results."

I thought, "Liars." But then I HAD to try it, because I wasn't having any luck convincing the chickens to eat the hulls, and hey, if they could make something besides compost, why not?

What you do is, boil the hulls for a few minutes until the water turns purple--it's more like making tea than extracting juice, though all the recipes refer to the liquid as "juice" for some reason. Anyway, you treat that purple hull "tea" like juice, and make the jelly accordingly. I'll post the recipe somewhere.

When I got it done, I had Alex taste it. He said, "It's good!" I asked him what flavor he thought it was. He looked around the kitchen for clues, didn't see anything, and said, "Grape?" Success! ;-)

It doesn't taste intensely grapey, like the real thing, but I'd imagine that back in the day, if you couldn't get grapes, it was a darn good substitute, and a neat way to get more use out of a food crop.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

gretchenknits says:

(shaking my head in disbelief and admiration)
Now find me something useful I can make with egg shells, wouldja? I'm tired of crushing them and tossing them back to the girls.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

I can't remember the specific instructions, but on the Volhard diet for dogs, you can use ground eggshells as the calcium source, instead of bonemeal. I think you had to dry them in the oven first? Based on that, I betcha it does the hens good.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mtkatiecakes says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pantry Building, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

garden bum [deleted] says:

This is a new one to me!
Do you let your peas dry on the vine or do you pick them green? I was wondering if this was made with dry or green hulls? Green meaning fresh.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

curlytoppoodle says:

So neat, a new jelly recipe!!! My mom, sister, and I make jams and jelly every year for gifts at Christmas. Leftovers sometimes make it into our pantries:o) I love it and they are pretty easy to do.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

Kim, I was really surprised how much easier it is than I thought!

@blackstarjewelry - I bought the peas at a farmer's market, fresh-picked, and the peas were still inside, not dried...so I used fresh hulls to make the jelly.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

cafemama says:

i am so impressed. i don't think these grow here, darn it!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

Yeah, these are pretty much down SOUTH. But apparently, you can use the hulls of any of the field peas, so give it a try!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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