{"product_id":"gigis-jelly","title":"Gigi's Jelly | Large","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese jellies are great for sandwiches, crackers, biscuits, platters, cheeseboards...the list could go on!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGIGI'S STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn avid gardener and cook, Kit Petersen--- lovingly known as Gigi to her grandchildren--- planted a few grapevines in 1978, unaware she'd sown a seedy Concord variety that wasn't conducive to munching. Not wanting to waste the fruit, Petersen dusted off her old cookbook, began making jelly---\"it was a major pain in the neck,\" she says, \"but it tasted good\"---and gave away the surplus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast forward a few decades and, when she was gifted a juice steamer to make the process much easier, Petersen began playing around with peaches and strawberries, rum and Grand Marnier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe and her husband, Les Doty, a retired Continental Airlines captain, moved to a 150-acre lot in rural Cleveland County, Oklahoma, built a commercial kitchen, and began harvesting pears from old trees they revived on the property.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe jelly experiments got even more interesting as, one by one, Petersen added more flavors---from Prickly Pear to Basil Apple and Sand Plum. In 2009, they started Gigi's Gourmet Goodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey sell 9-ounce jellies, handmade in small batches. You can find Gigi's Gourmet Goodies in more than 50 stores across Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The jelly kitchen is my fortress of solitude,\" Gigi says. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It smells good, looks good, tastes good. What's the downside?!\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gigi's Gourmet Goodies","offers":[{"title":"x-Prickly Pear 9oz","offer_id":53199843688742,"sku":"GRGGJPP","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Prickly Pear 11.9oz","offer_id":53199863120166,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sand Plum","offer_id":53199870427430,"sku":"sand plum 11.3oz","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/9538\/5126\/files\/gigis-jelly-group.png?v=1778765919","url":"https:\/\/plentymercantile.com\/products\/gigis-jelly","provider":"Plenty Mercantile \u0026 Venue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}