Sour Grapes - help!

[dragnlaw]

The other day I bought some green seedless grapes.
They are mostly sour, some are just tasteless, and this morning one was downright bitter-sour.

Anything I can do to salvage them?

$5.85 for fresh fruit that I don't want to eat but hate to throw away.

 

[FrankZ]

The other day I bought some green seedless grapes.
They are mostly sour, some are just tasteless, and this morning one was downright bitter-sour.

Anything I can do to salvage them?

$5.85 for fresh fruit that I don't want to eat but hate to throw away.

Life is too short to eat food you hate.

 

[dragnlaw]

yeah, I agree. But iof there is a quick and uncomplicated fix for them...

 

[FrankZ]

yeah, I agree. But iof there is a quick and uncomplicated fix for them...

Sour is hard to fix. The few times I get a truly sour shot of espresso I just sink it, and get the grinder adjusted.

 

[Kathleen]

Maybe if you dehydrate them, the sugars in them would concentrate. Other things that come to mind:

• Add them to a fruit salad
• Add them to any salad, really. Chicken salad with grapes and celery!
• Roast them
• Put them into something that is like a topping....like grapes with caper salsa?
• Bake them with pork and honey

Honestly, I would find something that appeals! But I wouldn't toss them....unlike some.

 

[dragnlaw]

hmmm, think the last thing I would put them in is a Fruit Salad. Maybe a pickled savory dish of some sort.
I'll think on it for a couple of days.

 

[Kathleen]

Maybe they would offset another fruit if it were very sweet.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I would take them back to where you bought them and raise holy hell, very loudly, until they refunded my money. Then I would go somewhere else to buy grapes. I always taste one before making a purchase.

 

[Kathleen]

That would likely work as well.

 

[caseydog]

I would take them back to where you bought them and raise holy hell, very loudly, until they refunded my money.

Or, you could not be a Karen, and politely return them, and if they ask why, have them taste one.

CD

 

[Lee Vining]

Loose you head and your @$$ soon follows.
We found skip chain grocery store produce and buy from the green grocers.

 

[blissful]

Most of the time, the frozen blueberries we get for cereal are sweet but sometimes we get batches that are not sweet at all and we add sweetener to make up the difference.
Other fruit is often sweeter.

With grapes, use them in a smoothie as a liquid base, add sweet fruit or purees or jam, add greens if you like the green kind of smoothie. I've been using cucumber, celery, kale, watermelon, apples, peaches, frozen mango, mandarin. If you have some variety and throw in some refrigerator raw leftover veggies, you'll hardly notice the grapes and the sour.
IF your smoothie has too much fiber for you (too thick), then strain it so it is a hybrid juice/smoothie. I have those once or twice a day.

 

[SGM Chef]

Throw them in a pot with some sugar and a splash of water/wine/juice and cook for 15? minutes until grapes are soft and liquid is reduced and use as jam/topping/filling. Just technique for sad fruit.

 

[dragnlaw]

Thanks guys! Appreciate all the suggestions.
What will I do? Still don't know.

 

[HeyItsSara]

cut in half, freeze, and add to water in a pitcher for fruit infused water.