OT: Sure-Jell answer from Kraft

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Pat, I would agree, but my question was if anyone had jam or jelly

recipes. I didn't expect that they'd be filed in the recipe section

if they weren't suitable. However, I'm now thinking that any

ingredient in a recipe that might conceivably be not vegetarian

cannot be posted to this list, such as ketchup, jams, jellies,

cheeses, tomato sauce, yeast and yogurt products, etc. All could

conceivably have animal products in them depending on the brand and

ingredients. Citric acid and lactic acid, among other things, are in

many foods these days. Are we to assume that we may not list an

ingredient that has one of these in it unless we have verified that

it always comes from vegetarian sources or specify which brand to

buy? If so, there needs to be a lot of weeding and specifying of

ingredients in the recipes on file because a lot of the recipe

ingredients listed in the file could contain nonvegetarian additives.

 

I guess I'm a little confused, Pat. All I asked for was a recipe for

jelly or jam. Remember, this was the complete post I made that

started this: Hot Pepper Jelly: " Anybody made it? I found one on

the Sure-Jell site, but I'd love to have one that one of you has

tried. " I was not threatening to publish the Sure-Jell recipe to the

list or demand that Maida put it in the files. Next thing I know,

Maida is freaking out that someone might expect her to put a

Sure-Jell recipe in the files, and people are confusing jello with

jelly. The bottom line is that no one has posted a recipe for spicy

jelly or jam. Perhaps nobody knows one, or perhaps we've been

intimidated and don't want to post anything that might conceivably

not be vegetarian because we haven't contacted the company in question.

 

Perhaps the solution is to require posted recipes to specify which

cheese, ketchup, tomato sauce, etc. to use after checking them out

and to not post anything that hasn't been thoroughly researched. Or

perhaps people can be allowed to post recipes that they think good

faith are vegetarian and that the person in charge of filing these

recipes quietly not file the ones that are suspect, possibly

contacting the poster privately if a recipe won't be posted, giving

the reason why, or asking for further clarification. I suggest the

latter policy, as it is far less intimidating.

 

Sherry

 

At 03:29 PM 3/23/2006, you wrote:

> > Pat, I've not yet run across a recipe for making a jam or jelly with

> > agar. Have you?

>

>Can't recall - although I've heard of such things. I don't make jam

>or jelly and my only

>indulgence used to be commercial ginger marmalade a few times a year

>;-) - now

>abandoned because I've cut sugar out.

>

> >Also, I would assume that commercial jams and jellies may be

> > suspect, since they don't list all of their ingredients.

>

>Suspect, yes. But all things not marked vegetarian or vegan are

>suspect, ya know?

>

>Best love, Pat