Making marmalade: jelly bags?

[Missy P.]

God help me, but I'm going to attempt to make marmalade from the June Taylor recipes that were in the Chron this week. I haven't made jam since I was a kid, so I'm a little nervous. Any advice is appreciated.

Anyway, does anyone know where I can get a jelly bag? Or what I could use in its place? I checked Williams-Sonoma and Sur la Table--no luck.

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article...

[heidipie]

For those recipes, you don't need a jelly bag. You can just tie the membranes and seeds up in a cotton handkerchief, or the equivalent. When I made a marmalade recipe recently (quince, and alas, I overcooked it) that reqired letting stuff drip through a jelly bag, I used an old pillowcase.

[Yoshika]

I think I got mine from local hardware store (like Ace) that carries canning supply. You can easily make your own though -- mine is made of cotton muslin type of material and have draw strings so it can fit over a metal stand that the bag secures to. But if you want the stand and all, try an old fashion hardware store. You'd be surprised how much canning stuff they carry.

[erica]

You can also use cheesecloth folded over, once for holding seeds and 4-6 times for use as a jelly bag. Just be sure to wet it first, either way or it will absorb your jelly and lower your yeild.