corn cob jelly recipe

copied this recipe for corncob jelly off of the homesteading today forum..thought some of you might consider this "permaculture"..making use of some waste products..i'm going to try it if i come by some corn  on the cob this year..i didn't plant any...

so here it is:

Katie, I met your mother at the Michigan Homesteader's gathering this summer and tasted the yummy corn cob jelly. Tell her I said "Hi". Here is the recipe by way of the Mi.Homesteader's website:

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Boil 6 or 8 sweet corn cobs (after corn is cut off) for about 15 minutes in water to cover. Strain the liquid. Measure 3 cups liquid in the same pan.
Add 1 box of Sure-Jell and bring to a rolling boil. Add 4 cups sugar. Again, bring to boil and boil 1 minute. Pour in glasses, same as any jelly.

ETA...."I put a dash of cinnimon in mine usually, not always". (somehow didn't copy this line first time)
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Sounds like a Mad Max or great depression recipe, lol!  I would rather burn dried cobs for grilling or throw it at combatants in the Thunderdome, remember "two man enter, one man leaves"?.

  I use corn cobs in my soup stocks. We tend to cut our corn off the cob for eating, so I throw the cobs in the freezer. Whenever I make stock, I toss in one or two with everything else. It makes the stock richer and sweeter. Excellent with a ham bone. mmmmm.

  I've seen cob jelly recipes before but it was always red corn, something you just doen't see anymore. Good to know I can use what I have! Could you make a crab-apple corn cob jelly, thus eliminating the need for commercial pectins while stretching the crab-apples?

Wait, so are the cobs for flavor or as thickener?

SergioSantoro wrote:
Wait, so are the cobs for flavor or as thickener?

In the soup or the jelly?

  The cobs go in the soup stock for flavour, and yes maybe it does give it a bit more "body", too.

  The cob & crab-apple idea? Crab-apples are loaded with natural pectin. When you make jelly with them you don't need to add anything to help it to set. So adding crab-apples to corncob jelly might make it set (?).

  Just a theory!