[Sca-cooks] Ethnic market epiphanies

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

And good thing too. This was after all a product that was used much in the  
same way as vinegar. 

I bought some "verjuice" at a farmer's market and  was dismayed to find it 
was essentially sweet grape juice. While there is some  evidence of medieval 
people drinking it, Roman soldiers drank something very  like vinegar too. 
It's very name - "green juice" - emphasizes how tart it should  be.
 
Jim  Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste  Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France  

 
In a message dated 3/8/2013 2:13:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lilinah at earthlink.net writes:

In my  experience it is far more sour, acrid, acidic, and just generally 
stronger  than any verjus made in a California winery. I can pretty much drink 
a glass  of California winery verjus straight up. But not the Middle 
Eastern stuff -  whew!