Ah, The Juice of the Raspberry

Posted on Tuesday 25 July 2006 at 01:27

Well, as a point of inquiry, we juiced our raspberry pickings today. These came courtesy of a kind friend down the road. It turned out simple and fairly tasty, to my relief.

Equipment:
blender
big ol' cooking pot
wooden spoon
pails to pour into
goggles

Ingredients:
more raspberries than you know what to do with
sugar or honey
water

We blended 15 cups of raspberries, added 2 cups of sweetener (some might find that still a little tart), and cooked it with 3 quarts of water, just till it was warm and the sugar dissolved. Then we strained into pails, cooled it and froze it. Some went in the fridge for immediate use, since the kids found it quite the novelty. We'll see how long that lasts. ;~)

N.B. The explosion-in-a-jam-factory effect took about half an hour to scrub down. If I'd thought of goggles the first time around.... Hm. Maybe it's just my cooking style.

Great visual

Posted by MrsBurns on Tuesday 25 July 2006 at 03:52 - Link

My granddaddy once made muscadine wine. It was fermenting in the basement/cellar and he brought it upstairs to tend to it. It promptly blew the top of the bucket, onto my grandmother's white ceiling. The crimson-y stain was there until after both of them passed, for a total of maybe 12 years. I was there when it happened and I loved to look at that stain. It made me giggle! She was so mad.....have fun cleaning up raspberry spots. Wish we had some here to eat while you are scrubbing.....DeniseB