Grapes

I love grapes.  One of my brothers really loves them, another one doesn't like them at all.   So, growing up, I related to Seth a little bit more when it came to grapes.  When I was young, my grandparents had grape vines behind their house.  I remember playing outside with my cousin, and helping ourselves to those grapes right from the vines.  My grandparents moved, and for awhile, there weren't anymore homegrown grapes.

This year, I was able to get a bunch of grapes from Grandma.  They were a little more sour this year than in the past. Knowing that my husband and I would never eat them all, I decided to try and make some jam. 

First I took the skin off of the grapes, saving the skins in a bowl, while cooking the seeds out of the rest of the grapes.

The seeds did start coming out of the grapes.  When this happened, the hard part was next.  I had to drain the seeds out of the grape mush.  This took a long time.  The grape mush did not want to drain through anything.  When the seeds finally came out, I put the mush back into the pan and added the grape skins with enough sugar to make it sweet.

The rest was easy.  All I had to do was cook it on low, and stir occasionally.  Finally, I had jam!

It was pretty good.  We enjoyed some on our cheesecake cookies, and then later on some toast.  It didn't make a lot of jam, but it was worth it.