Mulberry Fudge

Description
A nice old fashioned mulberry munchie.

Ingredients

 * 1 1/2 cups ripe mulberries (to make 2/3 c Mulberry juice)
 * 2 cups sugar
 * 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

 * 1) You can use this recipe for any low pectin fruit eg.
 * 2) Saskatoons, blueberry, elderberry, raspberry, blackberry or May-apple.
 * 3) Cook 1 1/2 cups of RIPE mulberries[unripe fruit is toxic- see about Red mulberry], mash and drain through a fine sieve or jelly bag to obtain the juice: about 2/3 cup yield.
 * 4) Mix juice with sugar and butter and cook over low heat until sugar dissolves.
 * 5) bring to a boil on medium and boil WITHOUT stirring until soft-ball candy stage- 240 Deg F.
 * 6) Remove from heat; cool until lukewarm and beat with a wooden spoon until mixture looses its gloss.
 * 7) Press into a buttered pan and cut into squares before the candy hardens.
 * 8) Keep in a tightly covered dish or freeze because this candy hardens when exposed to the air.