need grape juice receipe

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Grapes are coming in by the bucket fulls..anyone know how to can grape juice..like Welches..have plenty of jam/jelly and canned juice to make more..want to make "drinking"juice???Thanks in advance.

-- sandi (msjazt@aol.com), August 18, 2001

Answers

Sandi, I know there are different ways of doing it, and different people like it different ways. I prefer to pick the grapes off the stems, and wash them. Then I place them in a kettle and put enough water in so that I can just see the water coming up through the grapes. Bring to a boil and then simmer till the grape insides are mush. Put in a cone colander or large strainer. If you press a lot, you will get lots of pulp. I strain this out sometimes to make grape jam. I put a little sugar into each clean quart jar(about 1/3 cup.) and then pour hot grape juice into the jar. Stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar and cap the jar. Process in boiling water bath for 20 minutes. The juice tastes better if you refrigerate the cooled jars overnight before shelving for storage. Dont know why, but it does something chemically to make it taste better. When using, pour a quart into a pitcher and add another quart of water.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), August 18, 2001.

Years ago (so long ago that I've forgotten the recipe) I canned grape juice that did taste and look a lot like the store bought kind. Grapes were picked from the stems, washed, then put in jars. If I remember right, sugar was dissolved in water and the syrup poured over the grapes. Used the pressure cooker to finish the job. The juice wasn't "murky" like the juice made from pressed out grapes. When ready to use any of it, just pour the juice off the grapes. I think I filled the jars about 1/3 of the way with grapes, poured in syrup to within 1/2" of top. This made juice ready to drink, no diluting needed. Wish I could remember the right proportions; I'll bet some one out there has done this before.

-- ruth in se Illinois (bobtravous@email.com), August 18, 2001.

ruth, I remember that also...........wow.......had forgotten all about it. My mom did it that way for years and it was really, really good. Wish I had asked about it before she died. I have a bunch of her old books and I will see if it is in any of those.

True story, one batch for some reason fermented, unknowing to my mom. We took it to school in our thermos and the teacher smelled it when we were pouring and boy was that a big deal. Seems we had WINE.

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), August 18, 2001.


To a quart jar add one cup of grapes washed and picked from stems. Add one third cup of sugar and fill the jar with boiling water, process 15 minutes. When open pour the juice off the grapes. Easiest recipe I've found and makes excellent juice.

-- Toni (dontoni@iinc.com), August 18, 2001.

If you can find a steamer juicer at a yard sale,that;s what we use.It is an odd looking thing,three pans which fit in together like a double broiler,the middle pan collects the juices that collect there,it has a hose .I put grapes in the top,and juice comes out of the hose and right into the jar,lid goes on ....done.No sugar needed if the grapes are good.This is a non- electric device,not the juicer most people think of.Last year we yeilded 13-16 litres a bushel,and we put up 11 bushel.I have here in my canning journal that I can do 3 bushel by myself in 3 hrs.We don't remove stems either,just wash em.

-- teri murphy (dnsmacbeth@aol.com), August 18, 2001.


LOL, Diane. That was funny.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), August 18, 2001.

I've canned grape juice in two ways. #1 Fill clean jars 3/4 full with grapes, add 1/4 cup of sugar, boiling water to the rim, and process. When you want to drink the juice, you need to strain out the grapes. #2 Use a steamer/juicer to extract the grape juice, add sugar if desired, and process. Both are easy and delicious. Mary

-- Mary Fraley (kmfraley@orwell.net), August 18, 2001.

I do it the same way. Fill the quart jars 1/3 full add a little sugar if you want to and pressure can them. Has worked well for years and so..so..simple. Have many quarts down the cellar. Waiting for the minister to visit to give the 4 year old grape juice to him. He he !!

-- Helena Di Maio (windyacs@ptdprolog.net), August 19, 2001.

We do ita little different. We pick and wash grapes but then we heat them and strain them and can the pure juice. No need for the water and sugar added till you want to drink it. Also you can still make jelly and such with it and you don't need so many cans and storage

-- Mel Kelly (melkelly@webtv.net), August 19, 2001.

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