8 August 2021

 Chokecherry juice

Simmered 500g with enough water to cover 20 minutes. Yielded 1 1/2c juice/pulp using chinois and food mill.

6 August 2017

Chokecherry Juice

3000g chokecherries (about 6.7 pounds)
36oz water

Yielded 5 1/2c juice.


Chokecherry Syrup

5 1/2c juice
1/2c water
 3c sugar
6T lemon juice

I finally got syrup! Boiled 10 minutes, did freezer test. Was a bit loose yet, so gave it another 5 minutes.

Yielded (4) 8oz jars and (3) 4oz jars.

31 July 2016

Chokecherry Juice

6# chokecherries (from Mom)
3c water

Yielded 1qt juice.

9 August 2015

Chokecherry Juice


Got 2qts plus a 1 1/2c out of 1 3/4 ice cream pails (5qt). The juice is really opaque; I wonder if it's the city water?

26 August 2014

Peach juice


4# peaches
1 1/2c water


Yielded 6 cups @ $1.33/cup


We're planning a plain peach jelly and a hot pepper peach jelly.

24 August 2014

Crabapple Chokecherry Jelly


1c chokecherry juice
2 1/2c crabapple juice
1/2c water (rinsed out juice containers)
4c sugar


Yielded 5 cups




Ginger Peach Jam (from Gourmet Preserves)


3# peaches, peeled, pitted, & sliced
3 quarter-sized ginger slices
1T lemon juice
1/3c water
Bring to a boil; simmer 10 minutes.
2c sugar (added 1/2c at a time)
Simmer til jam thickens & liquid clears. Should reduce to about 4 1/2c. Remove ginger slices and fold in 1 1/2oz pea-sized bits of candied ginger.


Yielded 4 1/2c.


Needs more ginger slices and maybe less candied ginger.






Apple Pectin Stock
5# crabapples (we trimmed off 1/2#)
2 1/2qts water


Yielded 5c sauce and 2qts 2c pectin

23 August 2014

 5qts crabapples yielded 2 1/2c juice.

19 August 2014

Over-simmered 3# of chokecherries. Ended up with one cup of juice.