"The Cook" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:49:13 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:
>
>>I was planning on making some fruit jelly candies for Christmas but was at
>>the fruit markets today and bought some blackberries, strawberries etc
>>quite cheap, but they're not going to last long.
>>
>>The recipe I've got reckons that once they are made the candies will last
>>for a week - which won't quite get me to Christmas.
>>
>>So what do people think - if I make them now and freeze them will they be
>>ok
>>when they are thawed out?
>>
>>I know an alternative is to freeze the fruit and make them later, but I'd
>>rather make them now if I can.
>>
>
> Prep and freeze the fruits. Make the candies whenever you can. That's
> what a number of us do when making jelly.
> --

Yeah I guess that is that smartest thing to do - thanks