[CH] Off-Topic Oddity
R.Solarion - Apollonius.Net (damis@apollonius.net)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:28:02 -0500
This is off-topic for Chileheads, but it is too unusual to let it pass by.
A few days ago I was cleaning and re-organizing my storeroom behind the
garage, when this recipe from the Dallas News fell out of something and
landed on a chest. I didn't even remember that I had saved it. I have
never tried this, so I cannot recommend it. However, I do have a
pyracantha bush, and it seems to me that someone said one time that these
"berries" are poisonous. My bush, at present, has only two "berries" which
are about the size of tennis balls. I don't know anything about the safety
of eating them. So - AYOR. But if you *do* make some of this jelly and it
turns out okay, please let me know about the results. Thanks. Regards, Rob
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PYRACANTHA BERRY JELLY
1 cup of pyracantha berry juice
12 ounces of sugar
1/2 package of fruit pectin
Extract the pyracantha berry juice by boiling 1/2 pound of berries in 3/4
cup of water for one minute. Strain the juice and add the pectin. Bring
to a hard boil and add the sugar. Boil and stir continuously for 1.5
minutes. Then fill the jelly glasses.
Recipe Note : Ensure that the plants have not been sprayed recently with
any pesticide. [Uh, right ... ]
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