“Get ready for a SERIOUSLY old-school skill.
When you make jam or jelly, you need something to make it jell. Most folks use commercial pectin–a product extracted from fruit–usually powdered (although liquid pectin is available). But. BUT.
What if it was doomsday and there was no pectin in the stores?
WHAT WOULD WE DO?????
The trick of making your own pectin was common knowledge in the olden days. Now, practically no one even knows it’s possible.
The Damsel just learned it’s actually not that hard, especially if you have one of these trees (an apple tree)…”
