What's so grape about these seeds?

July 23, 2006 9:41 PM

Can I do anything useful with these grape seeds?

I mistakenly purchased red globe grapes with seeds. After eating some, something possessed me to keep all of the seeds, rinse them and put them away. By the time I'm finished with them, I'll probably have almost a cup of seeds. Can I do anything useful with them?

posted by zerokey to Food & Drink (6 answers total)

Sprout them,start a vineyard .
posted by hortense at 10:10 PM on July 23, 2006

art project?
posted by brina at 10:23 PM on July 23, 2006

If you want to grow vines from them, there's some advice here
posted by bunglin jones at 10:43 PM on July 23, 2006

Food market plants I've grown indoors:

• Apple trees (didn't do well; pulled them after a year)
• Orange trees (two years in, still growing strong)
• Sweet potato plants (from left-in-the-cupboard-too-long sprouts; they're growing like crazy but I know I'll have to toss them in the fall)

In my fridge are some cherry seeds undergoing a few months of stratification.

There's lots of info available online. Check out 'Starting grape plants from seed'.
posted by D.C. at 11:31 PM on July 23, 2006

You could eat 'em in the remainder of the grapes; the antioxidants in them are good for you.

Me, I can't stand even biting into a grape with seeds. Bleh.
posted by slightlybewildered at 1:14 AM on July 24, 2006

I suppose you could try pressing the oil out of them, though you’d not get much. Also, (but in no way recommendable to try at home), marc or grappa can be made out of grape-skins, stems & seeds.
posted by misteraitch at 5:14 AM on July 24, 2006