Darth Maul Juicy Jam

I was a little surprised to find concord grapes in the refrigerator this weekend. As Bob explained to me; he does not know the difference between a blueberry and a concord grape, so he had no objections when Matthew picked them out at the grocery store. Their name and appearance would suggest a sweet taste but I am familiar with concord grapes because during my own childhood our next door neighbors grew them in large quantities. I was double and triple double dog dared to eat plenty of them over the years. The seedy and sour taste reminds me of summers with mosquito bites, scraped knees, and Teddy Ruxpin tucked under my arm.  “This is disgusting!” Matthew said when he tried one. He’s right about that but I told him that when life gives your concord grapes, you make jam.

Making grape jam sound difficult but it is really easy to do.  First separate the skins into one bowl and the peeled grapes into another. So easy a four-year-old can do it!

Next pour the skins and a cup of sugar into a blender. This was about the time I stopped sitting by idle and making peeled grape/ zombie eye ball comparisons to take over the jam making reins

After blending the skins with sugar add them to the bowl of peeled grapes.  Mix some two more cups of sugar and a tablespoon of lemon juice in. Bring to a boil on the stove and stir on low heat for twenty minutes. The boiling and stirring will makes you feel a bit witchy like you are standing over a cauldron. Once finished with that strain the jam over a bowl to get rid of the seeds. Toss the seeds and jar the rest. Store jars in the refrigerator.

Matthew designed the label for our jam. First he decided on the name Dos Uvas, which translates to Two Grapes. Then he changed the name to Slimy Juice. Once the label was created the jam was officially named,  Darth Maul’s Juicy Jam. Our motto is, Smells like Apples which Matthew came up with. (In a way it does).

 Beware of this guy!

This jam is so good it will trick you into thinking that you could create a whole Star Wars theme cook book.  My next recipe was going to be called Wookie Cookies. Unfortunately seven hundred thousand people came up with the same idea before I did.