[Sca-cooks] verjuice

[Micyalah]

> Interesting. Please keep us informed on how your experiment goes. The 
> only two fruits though that I remember being used for period verjuice 
> were unripe grapes and crabapples. However, I can't see folks in the 
> Middle Ages letting these culls go to waste. Other than 
> feeding them to 
> the pigs, I'm not sure how else the unripe apples would have 
> been used.
> 
> Stefan

I am very fortunate to have some 100 odd year old wild grape varieties in
the fields behind me. Being Hydro property (and effectively my backyard)  I
can pick at will. I annually pick the grapes just before they ripen, and
have hubby strip the grapes off (they are really really small and I have
little patience for such an activity). I need lots of the little buggers but
I make verjuice out of them and then freeze them in 1 cup blocks. It also
comes out a rather pretty green but quickly changes to a baby puke shade
(air exposure I guess??).

Micaylah