[Sca-cooks] verjuice sources

[Mark S. Harris]

Selene commented:
> Barbara Benson wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>> The lemon is a substitute for verjuice(obviously) I am sure it would be
>> better with the real thing. I put the spices in a sachet because I did not
>> want to have to strain all of it after it was cooked (lazy!).
>> I am afraid I am fresh out of Talliavent.
>
> Verjus we got.  My parents' late neighbor planted grape vines decades ago,
> and the offspring are still crawling over the fence and bearing fruit.  Right
> about
> now the grapes are big but still green, prime time for us to raid the vines,
> juice
> them and freeze for 6 months.  Woohoo!


For you other folks, there are various places that sell verjuice by

mail order and otherwise. This file in the FOOD section of the
Florilegium has some good info about verjuice as well as some
sources:

verjuice-msg      (81K)  6/14/01    Medieval verjuice. Modern substitutions.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/verjuice-msg.html

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