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To Preserve Grapes

This recipe preserves grapes by packing them in saw dust or cotton and storing them in a dry box.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Preserve Grapes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Gather the bunches of grapes on a dry day, ensuring they are all sound.

  2. Pack the grapes in saw dust or cotton.

Store

  1. Place them in a box and fasten it up.

  2. Keep the box in a dry place.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Grapes
The fruit being preserved; choosing sound, unbruised bunches matters because damaged fruit spoils and can spread rot to the rest.
Saw dust or cotton
Packing material that cushions the grapes and limits contact between them, helping keep the fruit intact.

The step that matters

Gather the bunches of grapes on a dry day, ensuring they are all sound.. Moisture and damaged fruit encourage mould and rot. Picking on a dry day and using only sound bunches keeps spoilage from starting and spreading inside the box.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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