Tuesday, November 18/2025

J kindly spends quite a long time cutting the seeds out of seeded raisins. They just looked like large black raisins when I bought them, it never having occurred to me to wonder what happened to excess seeded grapes in a harvest. Excess grapes? There’s always wine to be made.

Having said which, the large, dark seeded grapes at the local store are much nicer than the smaller seedless ones. Enough so that I’m quite willing to cut them up and remove the seeds to mix them, along with orange segments, in the morning’s sheep’s yoghurt. Full disclosure - also add banana, carob syrup, and a little honey.

Cutting the seeds out of the raisins much more labour intensive though. Why do they exist at all? Possible that some people like the seeds. They’re nasty and bitter but it’s difficult to find any food item that nobody likes. Apparently they’re nutritious as well. Can well believe the posts claiming that grapes with seeds are nutritionally superior to those bred to be seedless. Their flesh that is. Am willing to forego any additional food value in the seeds. (And perfectly happy to know that apple seeds are toxic). 

Photo not mine - but similar.