crabapples -- what to do with?

[Mlowe99]

I bought a house with a lovely flowering crab, and it turns out to be a
traditional crabapple tree! Now -- what do I do with them????

[Robb]

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> I bought a house with a lovely flowering crab, and it turns out to be a
> traditional crabapple tree! Now -- what do I do with them????
>

Crabapple Jelly? Sweet Pickled Crabapples?

[Mark Preston]

I have only tasted the best apple butter one time. It was made by
somebody's grandma in northern New Mexico. I am sure they used a mix of
sweet and crab apples for the apple butter. I don't know the % ages.

--
Mark Preston
Author of
California Mission Cookery
et alia

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[lew matt]

Dear Mlowe:

Crabapples make the absolute best flavored transparent jelly you will ever
eat.

Quarter them and remove the seeds - they will taste bitter. Cook the fruit
slowly and gently until it is a mush. Put the pulp, skins and all, into a
jelly bag and allow it to hang and drip overnight. Do not squeeze the bag
or the jelly will be cloudy. Measure the collected rosy hued juice and
either follow the recipe on your favorite brand of pectin container, or add
sugar cup for cup of the juice and cook slowly and gently ( hard boil will
destroy the pectin) until the juice curtains or sags on the spoon. Put a
small amount on a dish and set it in the refrigerator until it cools and see
if it is jelled. If not, cook some more until it jells. Put in sterilized
jars, seal and allow to sit undisturbed. You can do a BWB if you feel you
need too, but it really isn't necessary.

Guten Apetit!

Lew

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