[Sca-cooks] pomegranates was Making verjus

[Nancy Kiel]

The Trader Joe's in my area carries pomegranate seeds.

Nancy Kiel
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> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:34:13 -0400
> From: kiridono at gmail.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Making verjus
> 
> Selene,
> I use pomegranates at the end of February...so what I did this past year was
> to buy them when they were in season, seed them and freeze the seeds in
> airtight bags (used my sealing machine).  Worked like a charm!
> 
> Kiri
> 
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > Yes but this is closer to nine months.  I guess it is worth trying.
> >
> > Just sad I can not possibly get fresh pomegranates in March.
> >
> > Selene
> >
> > Susan Lin wrote:
> >
> >> Why wouldn't it keep in the freezer until your event?  Are you freezing
> >> the
> >> grapes themselves or the juice?  I would think it would do fine - if
> >> already
> >> in juice form I'd contemplate some loss due to evaporation.  But, if you
> >> have a deep freeze that does not self defrost (so no cycling, less chance
> >> of
> >> freezer burn) I would think it would do just fine.  I had lemon juice in
> >> ours for about 6 months and it was fine.
> >>
> >> Shoshana
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> So the feral table grapes are all over my parents' backyard again and the
> >>> bunches of grapes are forming.  Not very big and juicy since nobody
> >>> actually
> >>> waters them on purpose, but the fruit is on the vine, about the size and
> >>> colour of petits pois. so I grabbed about five bunches, picked them off
> >>> the
> >>> stems and ran them through the blender with a dash of water.  Now
> >>> draining
> >>> through a nylon coffee filter.  What a nice flavor, very grapey but sour
> >>> as
> >>> lemon juice.  I will use this for salads!  And freeze a bunch for the
> >>> rest
> >>> of the year's cookery.
> >>>
> >>> I have a Persian feast coming up next March, I don't suppose it will keep
> >>> in the freezer until then?  The problem with Black Oak Lodge is that it's
> >>> so
> >>> early in the year, before the fruit harvests.  Alas.
> >>>
> >>> Dame Selene
> >>>
> >>
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