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Cooking & Baking

littlemissmartypants

(26,040 posts)

12. Wine.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Sep 10, 2023, 12:01 AM

Sep 2023

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.

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So my neighbor offered me her green grape crop.... [View all] Grasswire2 Sep 2023 OP

Jelly ? dweller Sep 2023 #1

hmm I have jars and lids Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #4

Local squirrels eat just about everything here. I bet yours would love the grapes. nt spooky3 Sep 2023 #5

How about some sort of sauce? calimary Sep 2023 #2

except for the seeds Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #3

I grew up eating grapes with seeds on holidays royable Sep 2023 #7

true, and many red grapes still have seeds. nt Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #8

Seedless grapes are a relatively new development Retrograde Sep 2023 #18

Maybe juice them... the seeds and skin would be left behind. liberalla Sep 2023 #6

in a colander/sieve, with a wooden press Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #9

How about roasting them and making a jammy like spread to go on toast ? Maybe flying_wahini Sep 2023 #10

sounds yummy Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author flying_wahini Sep 2023 #11

Wine. littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 #12

huh! Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #14

don't need extra sugar Kali Sep 2023 #15

Excellent point. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 #17

I think there are some devices for pitting them that aren't expensive PortTack Sep 2023 #16

It won't help with a huge amount of grapes, happybird Sep 2023 #19