Crab Apple Jelly...

Stewed crab apples hang in a washed muslin bag
 over a pail deep enough to catch the juice,
which drips with sticky sweetness.
The sifted juice then re boiled with added sugar,
turns the juice into pink claret jelly
   ready to be carefully stored...

Merril, at dverse poets, has prompted us to pen a 44 word quadrille which must contain some form of the word 'crab'.

I have gone back to my childhood when my mother made crab apple jelly every year.

Here's the link to dverse poets: Crabby Poetry