[Sca-cooks] Verjuice

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, bill mayfield wrote:

> 
> 
>    In the reading i've done and in any number of reciepts for various dishes
>      verjuice has been called upon.
> My understanding from reading and from here is that verjuice is little more 
> then
> the juices extracted from un-ripe grapes.
>   Where I work happens to have a good number of established grape vines and
> therefore a goodly number of currently un-ripe grapes.......(can we see my 
> next project??)
> Any suggestons or hints as I go forth to make some (hopefully)verjuice?
> My plan is simple,pick them wash them of,and squeeze them allowing the 
> juices to collect in a bottle.
> 
> 
> Æthelwülf
> 

If it were me, I would collect the bunches of grapes, wash them well, then 
put them through something that would squish them, like a food mill. Then 
I would strain out the solids and either can the results or freeze it in ice 
cube trays.

Margaret, who is terribly envious