It's a jam made with ground up bell peppers and hot peppers, some sugar and vinegar. PA Dutchy people like to spread it on crackers with cream cheese. What do you do with it, if you've heard of it?
I didn't wear gloves when I handled the little hot peppers from our yard because I thought, oh, I'm just topping them to throw them in the food processor. Hours later, I finally realized why the skin under my fingernails was stinging and raw. Good grief! Lesson learned.
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Yum - we love pepper jelly! I actually had it for the first time at Rebecca's folks' when we were there for our first annual tomato canning party; I've made it every summer since.
We give it away with a little tag (suggested use: crackers and cream cheese ;-) for Christmas, and we eat it ourselves at our Sunday "living room picnic" with our popcorn, raw veggies and fruit, and crackers. Some good friends have enjoyed it as a glaze on pork and in salad dressings and marinades.
The first time I made it, I thought the same thing about prepping the hot peppers, and learned that lesson the hard way. The worst, actually, since I was making full-on jalapeno jelly, was stirring the boiling vinegar, sugar and pepper puree - my hand was a combo of pickled and sunburned! I've diligently used a marked pair of long rubber gloves for the occasion ever since ;-)
SInce I was a child red pepper jelly or green pepper jelly on crackers, with or without cream cheese, has been a holiday staple!
I like the idea of eating it with meat, though. I could see it paired with beef or pork or lamb - yum!
Beautiful pictures! I felt completely wimpy buying plastic gloves to handle hot peppers, but I'm always glad I did. Have you ever accidentally rubbed your eye? Gah!
My dear dad is the cutest ever when he gets going with either his hot peppers or his horseradish. He gets out not only the rubber gloves but the respirator from his shop. I laughed at him until, one time, I inhaled a snootful of pepper fumes.
I gave this as Christmas gifts last year... I tied a nice little Christmas bow around it and people are still talking about it. It was so easy and so delish!
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