What to do with a load of grapes?

[brassmonkey]

My friend has a vine which has produced 5kg of grapes.  Not really enough to make wine with,  can anyone suggest something to do with them that will keep,  other than grape jam?

[woofgang]

freeze them. do it in small decorastive sprigs or individually then either thaw them to use in desserts or use in cocktails instead of ice cubes. For christmas, I do this with cranberries, absolutely mega in champagne or bucks fizz

[heatherglen]

Dip in caster sugar then freeze - can be used as table decorations or to accompany salads etc. Pop into the ice cube tray, freeze and use, as previously suggested.

[Buenchico]

There are lots of recipes involving grapes here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/search.shtml?scope=rec ipes&q=grape&go.x=10&go.y=10

Chris

[WendyS]

She could try drying them very slowly in a warm airing cupboard or on the lowest temperature oven for several hours until they're soft and pliable and turn them into sultanas.

We have a small grape vine (Reisling variety)   In the last two years we picked about 12 pounds of grapes which has been just about enough for a gallon of vwine.  If you friend wants to try this next year, encourage him to start looking for a couple of gallon demi-johns now.  (One for fermenting, and one for racking off in).  They seem to be in very short supply 

[Kim A]

My friend and I had a recent major success with grape water ice. Juice the grapes, mix with an equal quantity of stock sugar syrup and freeze. We used an ice cream machine with a churning facility which made a really creamy ice cream without adding any cream. It was delicious!