A Grape Recipe for You

I read recently that paramount to a successful food blog is the inclusion of recipes (thus giving the blog a functional value to its readers). This news was slightly worrisome to me, given my lack thereof. So, here goes, a recipe that doesn't require much in the way of prep, but does require being in the right place at the right time.

Recipe: Concord Grape-sicles

1. Visit a farm in the Pacific Northwest zone during the Indian Summer months and pick a few bunches of Concord Grapes right off the vine
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1. Go to your local farm-supplied grocery store (a la Bi-Rite) and buy a basket of Concord Grapes that have been picked in the past few days

2. Rinse with water if you feel the need (since I picked mine with my own hands, I elected to keep the sun-dust in tact and skip this step)

3. Put them in a plastic bag, seal it up and pop it in the freezer

4. Come back a few hours later and pop gingerly into your mouth.

These mini-sized grape-sicles have the same musty/smoky sweetness of the original grape, but with added refreshment. What's more, the texture of the seed when frozen is preferable to its crunch when you eat a grape raw.