i for one have made my own jellies, jams and preserves, and used pectin. sometimes i have used my own homegrown fruits (blackberries and raspberries) and i have also made 'pepper jelly' a spice hot jelly (it uses apple juice as the base, with hot pickled peppers, and red food coloring. pepper jelly is served with sharp cheese- it offers a surprize!

Pectin also shows up in Kaopectate - the pectin serves to bind to the fluid, and firm things up... pectin is one of the 'active' ingredients in the medicine.




my other obsession