So my neighbor offered me her green grape crop....

[Grasswire2]

.....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]

1. Jelly ?

Easiest thing I can think of … you’d have to spring for jelly jars, lids etc
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[Grasswire2]

4. hmm I have jars and lids

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]

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

[calimary]

2. How about some sort of sauce?

They sound like they’d be great to snack on, also.

[Grasswire2]

3. except for the seeds

the flavor is nice and sweet like a Thompson.

But seeds.

[royable]

7. I grew up eating grapes with seeds on holidays

Bite a grape in half, dig out the seeds with your teeth and spit them out, and eat the two halves. I didn’t encounter seedless grapes until college.

[Grasswire2]

8. true, and many red grapes still have seeds. nt

[Retrograde]

18. Seedless grapes are a relatively new development

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]

6. Maybe juice them... the seeds and skin would be left behind.

[Grasswire2]

9. in a colander/sieve, with a wooden press

I think I actually have that stuff in my aunt's kitchen ware

[flying_wahini]

10. How about roasting them and making a jammy like spread to go on toast ? Maybe

A bit of brown sugar and butter (for browning better).

[Grasswire2]

13. sounds yummy

what would we call that? A confit?

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Wine.

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]

14. huh!

Never would have thought of that!

[Kali]

15. don't need extra sugar

unless the grapes are completely unsweet.
12 replies until somebody suggested wine? what has become of us?

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Excellent point. ❤️

[PortTack]

16. I think there are some devices for pitting them that aren't expensive

[happybird]

19. It won't help with a huge amount of grapes,

My Grandma used to make this recipe (or very similar)

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chicken-veronique/

Seems a strange combination of ingredients, but it’s delicious.
The wine idea sounds great!