[Sca-cooks] Ethnic market epiphanies

[Laura C. Minnick]

On 3/8/2013 11:03 PM, JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:
> 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.
>
I think you can find discussions on verjuice in our archives, and in 
Stefan's 'Florilegium'. It is indeed quite tart- you farmer either 
mislabeled it, or they don't know what they're doing..

I have found it commercially a couple of times (that reminds me- I'm 
out), and while you can substitute diluted vinegar in a pinch, there's 
nothing quite like the real stuff. Just a little can really wake up a dish.

Liutgard

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