I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Superbowl weekend! I know Adam and I
did. I work in retail and somehow I was able to get the entire weekend
off! Crazy I know! So, we decided to spend some quality time socializing
our dogs, doing some lazy grocery shopping at Horrocks, and, to make
Sunday really special, put some mulled wine into a crock pot and snack
on goodies all day! Which I'm pretty sure is exactly what 80% of the
population was doing that day too -- just drinking and eating!
This was my first time trying my hand at canning and I have to admit that it could have gone better. Because of Adam’s and I dietary preferences I found it difficult to find a recipe without cornstarch or ClearJel which is like a modified version of cornstarch.
I did eventually find one with gelatin and I had very high hopes for it but the first batch I made I had to throw out because it never thickened and it smelled very burnt. Well I’m writing this post, which means that I eventually figured it out! Without further ado here it is:
