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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.
  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Black tea
  2. Grapes
  3. 1 quart of sugar
  4. 3 cloves through each slice
  5. Green tea
  6. Water

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Grape High in riboflavin · High in manganese

    High in riboflavin · 1.5 mg per 100 g, 107% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Riboflavin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Riboflavin contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
    6 more authorised claims
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal red blood cells.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the normal metabolism of iron.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

    Riboflavin (also called vitamin B2) is important for the growth, development, and function of the cells in your body. It also helps turn the food you eat into the energy you need. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 2.0 mg per 100 g, 99% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Grapes, muscadine, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. It is not necessary to be made fresh when used.
  2. It may be prepared and poured off the grounds into bottles or fruit cans and kept till required.
  3. Either black or green tea may be used or both mixed.
  4. Most people like the black tea the best when iced.
  5. Serve with sliced lemons.
  6. For afternoon serving, peel lemons, slice thinly, stick 2 or 3 cloves through each slice.
  7. Pick ripe grapes from the stems, wash, put into a preserving kettle with just enough water to keep from burning.
  8. Stir and cook for 30 minutes.
  9. Put them into a bag strainer and let them drip, but do not squeeze.
  10. To 3 quarts of juice add 1 quart of sugar.
  11. Stir till sugar is dissolved boil a few minutes and can or bottle up hot.
  12. If in bottles cover corks with sealing wax or paraffin.
  13. Wash and pick grapes from stems.
  14. Put grapes in kettle with 2 qts.
  15. of water to each basket of grapes.
  16. Cook until grapes are pulp.
  17. Then strain through bag.
  18. One small cup of sugar to each 2 qts.
  19. of juice.
  20. Boil 5 minutes, then bottle while hot and seal.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
  • Kettle