CHokecherries.

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2013

Will trade 10 lbs of chokecherries for two jars of jelly. Split shipping.

Brian G. NY · Jul 31, 2013

I've never had chokecherry jelly but it sounds good.
When I was a kid many (many) years ago chokecherry bushes grew on the hedgerows and my brother and I would eat them occassionally.
When they get black ripe they are not bad.

teddy52food · Jul 31, 2013

Why don't you make it yourself? Surejell works just fine.

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2013

IS that like pectin? I saw a recipe that called for that. I do have a pressure cooker.
Do you have a procedure/recipe for any/all jellys. I also have maybe 500 lbs of apricots in my habitat tree line.

Huskers86 · Jul 31, 2013

That's good stuff Gordo. I have a local lady in town that I give cherries from our tree and in return she gives me choke cherry jelly and syrup every year.

patiolant · Jul 31, 2013

I"m jealous. The wild chokecherries and saskatoons around our area just don"t produce much in the past 6-7 years. Before that, we always had more than we and the birds could handle.

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2013

Name. address, photo, married?

Huskers86 · Jul 31, 2013

Ha ha. Sorry Gordo she's taken. I'm pretty sure he knows he has a good one. She makes wild plum,mulberry,chokecherry and other jellies and sryups and sells at local farmers markets.

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2013

One month after I bought this 50 acres 13 years ago, I sent in the plan for a tree plot to the ASCS office. It was too small, 150 yards long, 100 feet wide. didn't meet their requirements for cost share. So I told them plant it anyway and bill me.
I had all the fruit and nut bearing trees, and acorn oaks, for wildlife planted. Six rows and 14 feet vs 12. Now the nice part is all the neighbors want the fruit

So I am just loaded up with cherries, plums, apricots, apples, pears, buffalo berry, Nanking cherry, and a few walnut , pecan, and beech trees.
Now this habitat monster is drawing all creatures to my yard which has the apple trees and sweet corn and melons.

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2013

Ask if she needs fruit. I can ship

Bleeding Orange SW Iowa · Jul 31, 2013

Sure-jell is pectin. Should be able to buy it at any grocery store. Each box has a recipe sheet for several types of fruit jelly/jam, made freezer-style or cooked. Each box makes one batch per recipe. I keep a couple of the sheets in case one gets messy. There are recipes for freezer and cooked apricot jam, but not chokecherry. The recipe for sour cherry would have to be close, might try a batch to see. They have a website and 800 number on the recipe sheet. I alternate years between apricot jam and just drying them in a dehydrator. I just put a batch in the dehydrator tonight, kitchen smells like I am baking apricot pie. Sure-jell recipes are easy to follow, and I have not lost a batch of jam.

Huskers86 · Jul 31, 2013

I'll try and talk to her when I see her next and let her know. If nothing else Gordo I'll stick a couple jars in the mail for ya, my treat. I'm the only one in my house that has picked choke cherries. I remember those summer evenings as a kid helping out and enjoying it later. I'll get a hold of you on here in a couple days or sooner.

Eldon (WA) · Jul 31, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:11:19 07/31/13) Will trade 10 lbs of chokecherries for two jars of jelly. Split shipping.

Haven't had chokecherry jelly since I was a kid growing up in South Dakota...I sure remember picking a lot of them. I'd take the wild plum preserves over them, tho.

GordoSD · Aug 1, 2013

Not to worry The north side of my land is fronted by 1.2 mile of railroad. Must me 100 wild plum bushes there. Bring some 5 gal pickle pails.

GordoSD · Aug 1, 2013

My right thumb, index and middle finger are a deep purple and I don't think lava will cure that. Will grab my latex and keep picking. My Grandma Ida, , born 1890, made incredible preserves, jellies, jams, from everything that grew on the SD prairie. The Buffalo berry was really incred, but look at those little suckers.
I have about 10 of those bushes but haven't picked any yet.

SweetFeet · Aug 1, 2013

GordoSD,

I use sure-jell and it is easy.

Warning though - if you cut back on the amount of sugar it calls for, you will get syrup instead of jelly (at least with freezer type recipes).

Mom always used sure-jell. For jellies and jams, she just sealed the tops of the jars by pouring in a layer of melted canning wax (first making sure the inside/top of the jar was clean and dry). After the wax set-up, she put a ring/flat on the jar just to keep the dust out.

larry@stinescorner · Aug 1, 2013

Try to make some yourself,I never thought I could can,but read books ,asked questions,and looked on internet,If you try it,you will enjoy making it and each batch you make gets better and easier to do,and makes good gifts for Christmas too,(just my 02 cents)

Ande · Aug 1, 2013

I have the best thing going on here,I just have to pick them,and between my wife and mother in law,all of them turn up in jars then into me! Geez I love my job!

Ande · Aug 1, 2013

Gordo, mine up here in the NE end of ND are still pure red,guess we have a well yet.
Did you have any Juneberries? We had trouble finding them here

pete 23 · Aug 1, 2013

Them choke cherries sure do make a mess of your teeth though. Seems like every farm used to have a bunch of choke cherries growing in the line fences. Problem now days, no line fences. No plums either.

teddy52food · Aug 1, 2013

You don't need a pressure cooker for jelly. Follow the sure-jell recipe for cherries but cook it for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes instead of one minute or it will be syrup instead of jelly. Put it in jars while boiling hot with 1/4 to 1/8 head space. Put the lids on and turn them upside down for a few minutes to sterilize the lid. Turn them upright & let them seal. I put old newspaper on the counter as they may leak a little while upside down. Good luck & enjoy.

T in NE · Aug 3, 2013

I have to learn what grows and can be eaten around here. Mullberries didn't impress me til the other day when I was hot and my water jug was a half mile away at the truck yet.

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