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4 LEAFLET 139, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Jelly
Wash 4 pounds of fruit, open and remove the seed pods. The
weight of the flesh will be about 2-pounds. Add 4 cups of hot water
and boil to a pulp. Drain through a cloth jelly bag without pressing.
Measure the juice and boil it continuously 20 minutes. Then add
1 cup of sugar for each cup of juice. Cook until on testing the drops
run together and slide off in a flake or sheet from the side of the spoon,
leaving the edge clean. Remove from the fire, skim, and pour into
jars. Four pounds of fruit will make about 2 pounds of jelly.
Jam
Wash 4 pounds of fruit, open and remove the seed pods. The
weight of the flesh will be about 2 pounds. If the pulp from the fruit
used in jelly making is used, the original weight of the roselle material
may be calculated and used in the above proportion. Add 1\i cups
of water to the fruit and cook for about 1 hour or until reduced to a
soft pulp. The juice and a part of the rind of a lemon is frequently
added before the material is boiled. Measure the cooked fruit and
add 1 cup of sugar to each cup of fruit. Cook 20 minutes.
Other Uses
In making sauces, the usual procedure should be followed. In the
making of fresh or bottled drinks, the cleaned calyces are placed in
enough water to cover them and allowed to stand overnight. In the
morning the material is boiled until it assumes the consistency of pulp.
Then strain and bottle the juice for use as a drink or for future jelly
making. The pulp may be used for making jam or preserved without
the addition of sugar.
The young stems or tip shoots are reported to have been used in
making good jelly. One experimenter has taken the leaves, added
water, and boiled the material until the liquid was thick. Then the
juice was strained through a cloth, sugar added, and the liquid was
boiled until it reached the jelly stage. The use of the leaves of the
roselle in the same manner as those of the rose geranium, mint,
wintergreen, and several other plants in jelly and jam has been
suggested as of possible value. For these special uses the plant can
be grown almost anywhere in the North or South.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1937For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - - Price 5 cents
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Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882. Production of Roselle., book, December 1937; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9193/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.