2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Overflowing with taste, full of juices, loaded with vitamins and ready to become part of thousands of delicious recipes, the grapes delights us with its full brilliance in the fall.
Our ancestors, hunters and fruit gatherers enjoyed eating small wild grapes. Ever since it appeared in Central Asia and Asia Minor, this delicious creation of nature has spread to the West millions of years before the appearance of Homo sapiens on Earth! And people have taken full advantage of it, growing it in large quantities. What was not consumed immediately was crushed centuries ago and the resulting juice was collected in containers made of soil.
And despite all the indisputable tastes of grapes, experts believe that efforts to tame wild vines (about 6,000 years ago) and the selection of varieties with larger fruits and sweeter flavors was a consequence of the discovery of the fermentation process that led to the conversion of juice into wine. This great discovery for mankind is due to chance and the fact that grapes contain natural yeast that accelerate its fermentation.
Probably one fine morning, somewhere between the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, a distant ancestor of ours found a forgotten vessel in a corner of the cave and tasted the fermented grape juice. Juice that had been well preserved, that had a good taste and a special impact… The good news spread quickly and not much time passed and humanity mastered to the last detail wine production and viticulture.
Vine growing was developed in the Tigris and Euphrates region as early as 4000 BC. A thousand and more years later, it has reached a high level of sophistication in Mesopotamia, Syria, Finland and the Egyptian delta.
At that time there were already many varieties, which indicates a long period of development. In the ancient Greeks of Homer's time, wine was a daily drink; men, women and children drank it. The Romans, great lovers of the wine also, and by the way, very good farmers who spread viticulture throughout Europe.
The grapes on the table
The Egyptians and Romans consumed fresh and dried grapes. Since the Renaissance, man has been interested in how he can improve vine varietiesto make this unique fruit even tastier. Nevertheless, grapes remained a relatively rare part of human food until the early 20th century.
The need to find new markets for vine products has made it popular with more people. As for raisins, of which California is one of the world's largest producers, it is increasingly included in many recipes, whether in cakes, muesli or various bakery delicacies.
The grapes are an ideal cheese company, nuts, ham, fish, roast poultry and white meat. It is wonderful in pancakes, waffles, pastries, cakes, jams and jellies. But also in salads and not only fruit - in a chicken salad with nuts, celery, green onions and garlic, for example, served with mayonnaise.
The grapes can also be part of a cold soup, combined with pressed peaches, pineapples and figs and, if desired, with a few drops of alcohol.
And it can even be grilled on skewers with olive oil and rosemary. Served with meat or roasted vegetables.
It's all a matter of imagination and a desire for delicious adventures!
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