Our mantra this year is Rescue and Recycle.
We are not drinkers but I got a bottle of champagne to ring in the new year. We basically have a taste, clink glasses and there it is.... the rest of the bottle. So every year I make jelly with the rest of the bottle. It cooks out the alcohol and makes a nice jelly to give as a gift. I ended up with about 2.5 cups of champagne, added a tablespoon of lemon, 3 cups of sugar . I cooked it down, dissolved the sugar, and gave it a good boil. I removed from the heat and added liquid pectin. Bring to a rolling boil for a full minute.
Remove the pot from the heat . Ladle the hot jelly into hot sterilized jars/lids and process them in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. I am at high altitude so I water bathed it for 15 minutes.
Another recycle... my son and his wife got new furniture ...sooo we recycle their old couch set. Plus found a trunk at the thrift store.
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