Pepper Jelly

I've wanted to learn how to make my grandma's pepper jelly for a few years now, but I've been hesitant to try. It seemed so daunting, making and canning jelly, I mean who does that anymore? I did end up taking home a huge basket full of jalapenos and banana peppers from my grandparents a few days ago. I got home and wondered what I was suppose to do with them. Luckily had a bunch of garlic and tomatoes so I made some salsa. However, I still needed to use up a lot of peppers. Grandma to the rescue! I went down to her house where she proceeded to demystify the jelly making process. Really it was much easier than I had made it out to be. Plus her kitchen is much cooler and better equipped then mine.

I chopped up the jalapenos and banana peppers which was the most time consuming part.

Grandma used her dishwasher, which I don't have at home, to sterilize the jars.
I'm guessing this is a lot easier than boiling them all.

Here's a picture of most of the ingredients. It also called for a cup of cider vinegar which didn't make it to the picture party.

If cutting the peppers was the most time consuming step, stirring the damn jelly definitely wins for the most repetitive.

My grandma(who's name is Jeannine btw)made sure I was careful with the liquid lava, I mean boiled jelly as I moved it to the island. She wouldn't tell me what would happen if it fell on me but she made a lot of references to skin grafts.

Viola! I see bricks of cream cheese and a box of wheat thins in my future. And new pants.