{"id":671,"date":"2024-10-28T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T23:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/?p=671"},"modified":"2025-02-17T19:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:44:51","slug":"wild-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/28\/wild-grapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before leaving New Brunswick 24 years ago, I don’t recall seeing wild grapes. While clearing trees and scrub on CA’s property over the past summer, I found many large vines growing. I considered them a nuisance, as they were strangling the trees and difficult to pull out. When the clusters of fruit started appearing, I realized what they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early September, we spent an evening harvesting wild grapes from an accessible patch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the grapes were cleaned and sorted , CA made a small batch of delicious jelly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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She also started the fermentation process for vinegar (left) and wine (right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wine did not turn out well. (We may try again next year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we were rewarded with a 750 ml jar of a very nice vinegar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the Forager | Chef<\/a>‘s instructions for making vinegar from fruit scraps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Looking forward, we will do some research on how we might to ‘train’ the vines to produce a more accessible harvest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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