Comments on: Wild Edibles: How to Make Elderberry Jelly

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:26:38 +0000

Thanks for the tip Muschi. That will definitely come in handy, since I have a juicer.

By: Muschi Fisher

Muschi Fisher — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:13:06 +0000

if you can buy a juicer, which is a three pot in one, you can throw the Elderberries stem and all into it. It steams the juice out of the berries, like all berries, and it will give you a clear juice, which is ready to be cooked into jelly, NO CHEESECLOTH!!!!
I only could get one cup of E. juice this year. How much pectin and sugar do I need. Recipes on the Internet take a box of sure jell, thanks, M

By: Tactical Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:32:01 +0000

Hi Margie,

Yes the green berries are toxic so you’ll want to make sure they are all ripe or at least pick out the green ones.

By: Margie Dosch

Margie Dosch — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:41:02 +0000

some one told me that green elderberry’s are poisonus …is this true? I picked my first elderberries this August and made them into jellie. There weren’t many as my elderberry bush is quite young yet. The birds sure do love them . Some of the berries were not all quite ripe as i was picking…they were not all green but not all deep purple color either, so now i am wondering if my jellie is safe to eat…it is pretty as a picture and a deep purple color almost like chokecherry. Please reply.

By: Tactical Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:45:47 +0000

You’ll want to wait until they’re ripe.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:07:39 +0000

Can you use the elderberry to make jelly if all the berries are not ripe?

By: Tactical Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:53:06 +0000

Hey Mike,

You can use the elderberry plant to make candles but it’s not from the berries but rather the dried stalks. Since the stalks are full of a soft pith, this can be soaked in tallow (rendered animal fat) that when lit will burn like a candle. Mullein, which has a similar pithy core can also be used in like manner.

By: Mike Mc

Mike Mc — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:52:28 +0000

I was told that elderberries can also be used to make candles! Is that true?

By: Erich

Erich — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:24:37 +0000

Debra,

Thanks for the great tip! I’ll definitely try that next year.

- Erich

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:46:12 +0000

If you freeze the berries on the stem they will pop off cleanly for juicing.