Nancy, I'm back at my home machine now. Here are three variations on the cran-jalapeno jelly recipe! This is the original recipe from Ellie Topp's _Small Batch Preserving_: Cranberry Hot Pepper Jelly 1 large sweet red pepper 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded, or other hot pepper 1/4 cup water 3/4 cup cider vinegar 3/4 cup cranberry juice concentrate, thawed 3 cups granulated sugar 1 punch liquid pectin Finely chop sweet and jalapeno pepper in a food processor. Place in a small saucepan with water and vinegar. Bring mixture to a boil, cover and reduce hear and boil gently for 10 minutes. Strain mixture through a course sieve, pressing with back of spoon to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Pour liquid through jelly bag. Place strained liquid, cranberry concentrate and sugar in a medium stainless steel or enamel saucepan (I use non-stick). Bring to boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin, return to a full boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Ladle into hot jars and process for 10 minutes in a BWB. makes 3 cups. When jelly foams you need to skim the foam. 1/2 teaspoon of butter will help keep the foaming down. Variation: Replace 1/4 cup cider vinegar with balsamic vinegar. ***THIS VERSION IS FROM MELLY OF THE SOUTH, WHO ADAPTED IT TO MAKE IT WITH PURE CRANBERRY JUICE AND WHOLE BERRIES; I USED THIS IN MY GIFTS LAST YEAR*** Zabby, I did buy the cranberry juice at a health food store last year. This year I actually found it at our commissary made by ocean spray. This is how I made it last year. Cranberry Pepper Jelly 1 1/2 cups cider vinegar 1 1/2 cups 100% unsweetened cranberry juice 1 1/2 cups total a combination of finely diced jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, and red onions 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped 1 pkg powdered pectin 5 cups sugar This year I think I will reduce the vinegar somewhat and increase the cranberry juice. I haven't decided whether I will use cider or some other sort of vinegar. I have some raspberry red wine vinegar that I used in my cherry pepper relish, so I might use that. If you try it, let me know how it turns out. ---Melly ***THIS IS A FURTHER VARIATION FROM OTTAWAPEPPER (Bill)---BEWARE, HE HAS AN ASBESTOS TONGUE! *** Habanero Cranberry Jelly (I call it Turkeys Revenge). I created (ok, not wholly created LOL) this variation of MellyÂs Cran-Jalapeno Jelly. Using MellyÂs as a starting point and tweaking it with the kind assistance and encouragement of Zabby, the end result is a fiery hot cranberry jelly for cold fall and winter nights. Heck, itÂs great in the summer too! Ingredients: 3/4 cup cider vinegar 3/4 cup white vinegar 2 cups 100% unsweetened cranberry juice 1/2 cup finely diced habanero pepper 1/2 cup finely diced red onion 1 3/4 cups fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped 1 pkg liquid pectin 5 cups sugar Procedure: 1. Finely dice peppers and onion and coarsely chop cranberries 2. In a large sauce pan, combine cranberries, pepper, onion, vinegars, and juice 3. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low 4. Simmer 15 Â 20 minutes to allow flavors to blend and to soften up cranberries 5. Add sugar and return to a hard boil for 1 minute 6. Remove from heat and stir liquid pectin in well 7. Add jelly to hot sterilized jars 8. Wipe rim of jars with a clean damp towel 9. Position lids as per usual instructions 10. Process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes 11. Remove jars and allow them to cool 12. During the cooling, periodically "gently" invert jars to distribute solids. Yield 7 or 8 - 250ml (1 cup) jars Enjoy, Z

Thanks everyone! I did see today's show -- and DH & I were not part of the interviews that aired today. I think what they interviewed us for is not necessarily part of the show we were at -- they are using those for fill-ins on other shows. They probably do something like that every day. I'm just going to have to keep taping it to see if we get on!

I don't know, I think people can be into math and numbers and also into words and reading and also into design and art. One can be an athlete as well as any of the above. I guess the questions try to put people in one camp or the other, but most people don't fit fully on either side, unless they have extreme personalities. I'd hate to be so predictable as to stick with one label. I pay attention to a lot of different areas, but also know I have a lot of blind spots. I can't fix a car, never got the complexities of chess and and not good at any games with ball throwing or worse, being thrown at. Ask me about world events and I do pretty well. Ask me about pro basketball/hockey/soccer/tennis and I am lost. Challenge me to a game of cards (canasta, pinochle or spades) and I will kick booty. No once can be great at everything, but one can be interested in a bunch of things. As much as I like numbers and have a talent for doing math in my head, I don't think of myself as a numbers person, per se. I can be analytical and I can also be emotional. Some decisions are driven by one and some the other. Hopefully, most include both areas. In any case, I like quirky and unexpected with design, so you won't see my kitchen in anyone else's house. I may have copied bits and pieces, but the total will be our own design (for better or worse, lol). Most of the design is from my imagination, but dh has had some input too and so it is a collaboration overall. I think our kitchen reflects our sensibilities a bit, so it can be a clue to our personalities in a way. I bet a profiler could deduce a lot from how people design their kitchens. Math has nothing to do with it....

Lamp Shade Grey! What are you decorating, a bordello? I told you ... just call me Hef. ;-) I like the frisky Strong White with Wimborne! Me too. I love it in the winter when the Strong White walls look like natural cashmere and make you feel comfortably warm indoors just being in those rooms. And I love it in the summer when they are just that slight touch of cool grey to relax the eyes from the bright intense hot summer sun. RococoG has been my colour conscience lo these many years. :-) Rocs, that's a gorgeous look. I didn't know you ended up with LRG in there afterall. I thought you were leaning towards Mahogany or DownPipe or something. Well, LRG is splendid though. Anyhow, back to MtnRd's pool room kitchen. Looks splendid.