Mine are shrivelled.... / myLot

United Kingdom

November 16, 2015 12:00pm CST

I don't think it's anything to do with the cold, more like they are old and past their best.

I have kept them in the fridge for as long as I dare but I think it's time to throw them out. How do you know when grapes are no longer edible? Should I wait to for them to turn into sultanas or raisins, or better still wine? Are there any virgins on here willing to tread on my grapes to make them into wine? I read somewhere that it tastes better when it is done by virgins, and they have to be naked. Right?

Who am I kidding? There are no virgins on myLot. Or are there?

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Traceyjayne

@Traceyjayne (1784)

• United Kingdom

30 Dec 15

sorry to hear that yours are shrivelled ....chuck them away ... buy some fresh ... and squeeze gently each day to test firmness . ( works for me !) lol

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

A squeeze is ok, but not too hard. Right?

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Traceyjayne

@Traceyjayne (1784)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

@Orson_Kart sounds like you've done it before !

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

@Traceyjayne As often as I can to be honest. Sometimes in the supermarket too, when no one's looking of course.

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shelly

@shellyjaneo (1081)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

I have no idea how to respond to this post but I thought I should say I approve x

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

I am glad you approve, even though I am not sure what you approve of. lol

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shelly

@shellyjaneo (1081)

• United Kingdom

10 Jan 16

@Orson_Kart Of the post in general and the feel of it, it made me chuckle x

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160621)

• United States

17 Nov 15

What if, instead, they are Grapes of Wrath? I am not sure if they would actually shrivel completely in your refrigerator. I would be afraid they would grow moldy.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

18 Nov 15

Yeah, wrath, I get plenty of that. They have been shrivelling in my fridge, so much so that I have thrown them out. How do you make them into raisins?

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Janet Anderson

@Auntylou (4264)

• Oxford, England

14 Jan 16

I think they might shrivel in the fridge if unwrapped as refrigeration takes water out of things

purplealabaster

@purplealabaster (22091)

• United States

30 Nov 15

To find out whether or not they are edible, you can get whomever you are mad at the most at the moment to eat them. If they survive, then they are probably safe to eat.

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marguicha

@marguicha (222830)

• Chile

11 Feb 16

@1wldngl Or you can place them in brandy until they swell. And THEN, make the pudding.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

4 Jan 16

@1wldngl Bread pudding sounds good.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

3 Jan 16

you could always taste one just to find out - the grapes I mean

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317040)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

20 Jan 16

I think when they start getting fuzzy is a good time to throw them out. I've tasted shriveled grapes that were still good. I think bare feet is best for treading grapes.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6765)

• United Kingdom

20 Jan 16

Glad the shrivelledness did not put you off.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317040)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Jan 16

@Orson_Kart Now if they tasted bad, then they would be history.