A long time ago I remember seeing a canning page where the woman made a huge variety of jellies every year and I remember seeing a picture of violet jelly. I thought that was interesting but none of my yards ever had violets until this yard. 1/4 of my back yard has violets growing among the grass. As you know I was bored last night so I started picking. After the violets were done I decided to see if maybe dandelions could also be made into jelly. Turned out there are tons of recipes on the net for that too. So I let those sit the night alongside the violets and today I went to the store to buy lemons and sugar. After each jar was filled and processing in the jars I tasted each jelly. The dandelions taste like honey and the violets taste like honey with a slight hint of lemon. Both are very good.
So far I've heard all the 16 jars pop so I know I did a good job considering I haven't canned in probably 25 years. I'm kind of excited for everyone to taste it tomorrow after the jars have cooled down. Steve turned his nose up at the idea as did a friend who owns a local restaurant. I'm going to take a jar of each into her and demand she try some. Aren't the jars pretty?
In case you'd like to try making your own jelly this is where I got each of the recipes:
http://www.simplycanning.com/dandelion-jelly.html
http://www.urbanpioneerstory.com/2012/03/foraged-violet-jelly/#comments
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