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iown by the stream and they were ‘enormous - much bigger than usual. ”
“We let them get so ripe that we :ould hardly pick them without smashng them,” Susannah said. “I think .hat’s why my jelly tasted better.”
After years of using cheesecloth to itrain jelly, the McNears finally found in old-fashioned jelly bag at Aide’s in Culpeper. “This made it much easier,” Susannah said.
Susannah also won second place ’or her commeal muffins. “The bes^ :ombread recipe ever,” said her nother. “And I’m something of a com>read connoisseur.”
Winner of the most points in the elly and preserves category was Marha Kidwell. Martha won her points by :laiming first place for her grape jelly and second place for her blackberry jelly. Martha also used the recipe on ;he package of commercial pectin. iVhat makes her products prize winders?
“The jellies I keep back for the show are the ones that have the clearsst juice,” she said. To ensure clarity, Martha uses a pillowcase to drip her juice from the crushed, boiled fruit, and only squeezes a very little bit.
“Even with the very fine weave of the pillowcase, squeezing vigorously will force some of the pulp through,” Martha explained. “The judges are looking for the clearest appearance.”
Martha tries to allow the shortest possible time between gathering the grapes and blackberries - both from her own farm-and turning the juice into jelly. This is for efficiency as well as freshness.
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