Grapes, do you prefer seeds or seedless?
I'll eat both as along as it's a good-tasting grape. However, I'm always a little embarrassed when eating seeded grapes in public...I never know how to discretely spit out the seeds as I'm not crazy about chewing & eating them. Do you eat seeds & all? What's the best tasting grape out there? I rarely eat them as is but like them mixed with other fresh fruit. What do you do with grapes?
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21 Comments:
Always seedless - they're so delicious and I can't deal with the pits. Green are usually more tart, but I love them all colors. I eat them as is, in green salads, in fruit salads, on meat and/or cheese platters, and they are really tasty with chicken and pork - I usually cut them in half when I'm roasting them so the juices mix with the meat juices. I also like them with sandwiches, and even cut them up and put on a tuna sandwich. As much as I like fruit on my cereal, I have never used grapes and I don't know why. There are probably at least another half dozen ways I use them, just not coming to mind at the moment. I love grapes!
PerkyMac at 1:43PM on 02/22/08
Frozen grapes anyone? Might be good in cold drinks instead of ice cubes.or popped in the mouth on a hot day:)
JEP at 1:56PM on 02/22/08
i adore concord grapes in the fall but really, really hate the seeds!
cybercita at 2:03PM on 02/22/08
I love the ease of seedless grapes, esp. for parties or in other foods.
However, I think the most flavorful grapes all have seeds and skins that are sufficiently thick enough that you have to bite just so, in order to free the succulent pulp. I think they are called muscadine grapes. Dark blue/black and perfectly round, not oblong, extremely fragrant. The perfume is as sweet and grapey as the flesh, if not more so. Yes, its a pain to deal with the seeds and sometimes the skin is a little tannic, but it's a price I pay quite a few times a year just to enjoy the flavor.
Oh and I love those tiny little "champagne" grapes that come out around April.
wookie at 2:07PM on 02/22/08
red seedless the kids loved frozen grapes!
NanaJoie at 2:16PM on 02/22/08
seedles because i always forgot about the seeds and end up cracking them with my teeth..ow
machellebelle at 2:30PM on 02/22/08
@wookie--your description of the muscadine is amazing & of course I had to Google them & read-up! I will look for them when available in the markets.
Anyone make homemade grape jam or jelly? Or tried their hand at wine?
JEP at 3:03PM on 02/22/08
this might sound really gross, but ever since i was young i love green seedless grapes in chicken salad with dill. it must be the acidity cutting through the mayo or something...it's tasty.
protest at 3:35PM on 02/22/08
I have never had a seeded grape before so I'm going to have to say SEEDLESS for sure!
Hillary
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Chew on That at 3:57PM on 02/22/08
i dont like seedy grapes. i love to freeze grapes though! especially old grapes that don't taste so good straight from the carton
stumbler02 at 4:04PM on 02/22/08
Hi protest! It's not gross at all... I adore chicken salad made that way (I also throw in diced celery, a little bit of dijon mustard, and pecans or walnuts to give some extra crunch). Oh, as for the grapes- seedless all the way!
sbelle at 4:04PM on 02/22/08
i made concord jam one summer. it didn't come out very well -- was sort of simultaneously grainy and runny. the plum, on the other hand, was divine.
cybercita at 4:10PM on 02/22/08
The grapes I prefer happen to have seeds; all the seedless ones I've tried seem comparatively flavourless, I miss the tannic skin of the best seeded varieties. I swallow the seeds; in fact, unless a seed is the size of an apricot stone or larger, I'll swallow it. It's a habit now, but it dates back to when I was a child, and was too embarrassed to be seen spitting out a stone to do so. Doesn't seem to have done any harm, though I must have swallowed a good 10 kg of assorted seeds (grape, cherry, olive, grapefruit, you name it...) by now :)
mongoose at 4:15PM on 02/22/08
@mongoose--at the risk of my comment being deleted, your comment made me chuckle at the possibility of the next post querying: ''do you spit or swallow?...seeds, I mean...''
wookie at 4:21PM on 02/22/08
Seedless green grapes!!!
Gordon Mark at 5:00PM on 02/22/08
wookie, I DARE you to post that (but most people do spit them out, don't they?)!
When I started to write that I swallow small seeds, it did occur to me that I had to be careful about my wording, or someone would make something unseemly of it :D
mongoose at 5:03PM on 02/22/08
Okay, say you are a dinner guest & eat a grape with seeds...do you put your napkin up to you mouth & graciously discard them or bite the bullet & swallow? Personally, if I were preparing a dish (for ex. the chicken salad sounds like a good one) I would cut the grape in half & de-seed before final prep & serving to others. With that said, I'm kinda impatient, so probably buy seedless!
Does grape "season" vary?
JEP at 5:13PM on 02/22/08
mongoose--guilty as charged...I made something unseemly of your innocent confession of having consumed 10kg of seeds (is that approx 20lbs?).
If only you had triple-dog-dared me...jk
Besides I can't let that be my first post! :-P
wookie at 5:15PM on 02/22/08
Pasta salad with tuna, red grapes, mayonnaise, salt and sweet pickle relish is my favorite warm-weather lunch.
overw8 at 8:48PM on 02/22/08
I'll take seedless over seeded, all things being equal (flavor, availability, etc.), but I don't much care either way. No worries about spitting out the seeds or swallowing them. Whatever.
We had a concord grape vine when I was a kid. They were fun to eat, but never one of my favorite grapes. Hubby on the other hand... if he sees concords in the store, they're in our basket before I can say boo. What's funny about his obsession with concords is that, generally speaking, he hates grapes with seeds. Go figure. It's just a childhood thing for him.
LoCo at 10:32PM on 02/22/08
They have to be those beautiful perfect round red flame seedless grapes and they must be hard and crisp and just crunch when you bite into them. Why can't I get them very often? Their growing season must be extremely short. They are so perfect with very aged sharp cheddar.
frederika at 12:33AM on 02/23/08