Thread: Pouring it on thick

Slab, I think I got the best end of the cap/preserves trade, but when both parties walk away from any trade happy it was a good deal..
i could make more if I could ever figure out how to keep the birds from eating them up. I've tried many things except planting more than they can eat before they get ripe. I just don't have enough ground to do that, so I'll continue to fight them and get what I can. By the way, those are the old time Brown Turkey that have been in the family for way more than a half century.
Recipe
Strawberry Fig Preserves


Ingredients
17 full cups of good and ripe Figs
4 pounds of sugar
4 box of Jell-O (3 oz)
Instructions
Wash whole figs in sink full of water with 3-4 tbls baking soda, then rinse good. Cut off the stems and the bad spots.
Mash the figs with a potato masher and add sugar and Jell-O.
Stir and cook on medium/high heat until boiling. Then turn down to a simmer. It is done when a drop of the liquid hangs off the edge of the spoon.
Using a canning funnel, ladle into hot sterile canning jars, top with hot sterile lids, and seal with rings. Process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
Take out and let cool. Make sure all jar lids pop.
Yield. 12-12 oz jars.