And they have my favorite grapes! We've already established that I have an attraction to foods that are only in the stores for limited times, right? One of those foods happens to be Muscat grapes, which are just so amazingly tasty and beautiful I have to buy lots of them when I see them. Which is now. I bought about 6.5 pounds yesterday and at least 2/3 of that have been eaten! (Not entirely by me...)
Another thing I finally got brave enough to buy was a package of kumquats. I see them all the time and decided that I should not be so timid. My Brasilian friend says that the ones she used to have in Brasil were much sweeter than these, though. So, after struggling through a few I decided I would candy the rest. I cut them all in half and simmered them for 20 minutes in a simple syrup (1 cup water, 1 cup sugar) and then put them in a jar. I did not process it, but it sealed anyway from the cooling of the syrup. It'll go in the fridge, along with another jar of just the syrup, in case we want to make creamsicle sundaes or something.
Had these yesterday with a little freshly made yogurt. Yum! Much better with the syrup.
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