OT: Recipe Request: Hot Pepper Freezer Jelly?

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Wow, I can see that I'm not getting all of my messages via email. I

didn't get Maida's. Maida, I checked the Certo ingredients, and I'm

confused about which one isn't vegetarian.

 

Ingredients: WATER, FRUIT PECTIN, LACTIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID (ASSIST

GEL), POTASSIUM CITRATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY), SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE).

 

After Googling the ingredients, the only indgredient above that I

could find being possibly animal-derived would be lactic

acid. Occasionally it is made from milk, but according to Wikipedia,

" Lactic acid is used in a variety of foodstuffs to act as an acidity

regulator. Although it can be fermented from lactose (milk sugar),

most commercially used lactic acid is derived by using bacteria such

as Bascillus acidilacti, Lactobascillus delbueckii or L.

bulgaricuswhey to ferment carbohydrates from sources such as

cornstarch, potatoes or molasses. Thus, although it is commonly known

as " milk acid " , products claiming to be vegetarian or vegan do

sometimes feature lactic acid as an ingredient. " Even if it would be

milk-derived, lactic acid would still be vegetarian, I believe.

 

I checked this website for ingredients that could be animal-derived,

and lactic acid was the only one listed. (

http://www.ivu.org/spanish/faq/maybe-animal-derived.html )

 

I also noticed that PETA has Sure-Jell on their list of approved ingredients.

 

Anyway, if you have other information, Maida, would you mind letting

me know? Thanks :-)

 

Pat, hot pepper jelly is exactly what it sounds like -- usually an

apple juice-based jelly with minced jalepenos, habaneros, or other

peppers in it. It gives you a wonderful sweet-hot hit. One common

way of using it is to spread cream cheese on a cracker and top it

with the jelly, but it's pretty versatile for all sorts of sweet or

savory things. It's in markets here, but I'd like to make my own, so

I can regulate the heat (in other words, make it hotter!).

 

Sherry

 

At 11:00 AM 3/18/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks for that heads-up, Maida! Now to find a good recipe from some

>member's files to

>suit the request above? TNT only, of course - and bearing in mind

>what Maida has warned

>about non-veg gelling agents below.

>

>I havenever had hot pepper freezer jelly and wouldn't know how good

>it is or what it is

>good for - someone enlighten me????? Must be an american thang :-)

>

>love, pat

>

> , " Maidawg " <maidawg wrote:

> >

> > I am going to make this perfectly clear, so no one mistakes what I am

> > saying. This list has been a few rounds on this topic already.

> >

> > This is a vegetarian recipe group. I will NOT file any recipes with

> > either Sure-Jell or Certo, because Kraft will NOT certify these products

> > as vegetarian.

> >

> > I will only add jelly or jelled recipes to our VEGETARIAN recipes files

> > if they are made with agar or some other vegetarian jelling agent.