What To Do With Grapes?

[Prudie]

This morning I have picked a colander piled high with grapes from the garden, my vine has truly excelled itself this year. BUT they are small sweet black ones and no-one will eat them apart from me as they've got pips in.
I've never made wine and don't have the equipment or motivation to try so has anyone any idea what else I can do with these grapes, it would be wicked to waste them?

[factor-fiction]

I put surplus fruit into the bender with a banana and maybe some orange juice to make a smoothie. I'm not sure whether the pips will spoil it though

[factor-fiction]

Actually, I use a blender rather than bender

[boxtops]

Grape jam? several recipes on t'internet?

[friedgreentomato]

Grape Jam?

http://www.ehow.com/how_4448430_make-grape-jam.html

[boxtops]

here's one http://headspacecanning.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/concord-grape-jam_22.html

[Prudie]

Grape jam? someone else said that to me and I thought they were joking! I'll have a look, thanks

[KARL]

You might consider crushing them to make juice - if you have no takers for it then everyone you know has strange tastes :)

[tamborine]

Dry them out & add to xmas cake

[jamesnan]

Freeze them and use instead of ice cubes

[divegirl]

I'll second jamesnan's suggestion... frozen grape as ice 'cubes' are brilliant and lovely to eat frozen too.

Lisa x

[jno]

you must have the sister of my vine, Prudie - big harvest this year. They're usually leather outside and wood inside but there's a lot of juice in them after the wet spring and warm summer. So I've been wondering the same thing as you.

How do you use them as ice cubes? A cub eof grapes in my G&T doesn't sound all that appetising.

[divegirl]

I just freeze them separately then plop a couple in to float around in your drink.... worked great in Pimms this summer.
My daughter just eats them frozen lol, they have an unusual but nice texture.

Lisa x