Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumSo my neighbor offered me her green grape crop....
.....and I tasted one. Sweet, but not seedless. Any idea how those could best be used? The seeds are big enough to be a nuisance but not big enough to pit like I would do a cherry.
And I don't want to buy any special equipment.

dweller
(26,211 posts)Easiest thing I can think of
youd have to spring for jelly jars, lids etc
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Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)But not sure I want to devote the time to that.
OTOH, I wonder if squirrels would eat them. I could take them to the nearby park.
I hate to just see them go to waste if they could be nourishing some living thing.
spooky3
(37,265 posts)calimary
(85,675 posts)They sound like theyd be great to snack on, also.
Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)the flavor is nice and sweet like a Thompson.
But seeds.
royable
(1,422 posts)Bite a grape in half, dig out the seeds with your teeth and spit them out, and eat the two halves. I didnt encounter seedless grapes until college.
Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)Retrograde
(11,014 posts)well, early 1900s. Etiquette books used to advise eating the grapes (after using one's grape scissors to remove a small cluster), then discreetly spitting the seeds into one's napkin or handkerchief.
We had a huge Concord grape vine in the house where I grew up. My mother made jelly from them, cooking the grapes with their skins and seeds, and then pushing the whole mess through a cheesecloth to remove the debris. We kids would eat the grapes outside and just spit out the seeds - the same as we did with watermelons.
liberalla
(10,379 posts)Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)I think I actually have that stuff in my aunt's kitchen ware
flying_wahini
(8,049 posts)A bit of brown sugar and butter (for browning better).
Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)what would we call that? A confit?
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littlemissmartypants
(27,069 posts)Get one of those big returnable type water bottles.
Fill it with grapes 1/2 to 2/3 full.
Pour in lots of sugar.
Put a balloon (which will need replacement periodically because of acids eventually causing it to degrade) over the bottle opening.
Watch it brew.
Strain and contain.
Share.
Grasswire2
(13,807 posts)Never would have thought of that!
Kali
(56,173 posts)unless the grapes are completely unsweet.
12 replies until somebody suggested wine? what has become of us?
littlemissmartypants
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PortTack
(35,452 posts)happybird
(5,369 posts)My Grandma used to make this recipe (or very similar)
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chicken-veronique/
Seems a strange combination of ingredients, but its delicious.
The wine idea sounds great!