When I was much younger my grandmother was always complaining that she could never find grape preserves anymore. That was maybe 20-30 years ago.
I recently started looking for grape preserves and am unable to find them. I can find black currant preserves, blueberry preserves and just about any other fruit under the sun. But why is grape preserves so hard to find?
I thought maybe it has something to do with fermentation and wine? But I cannot find any information. I am not talking about grape jelly, I am specifically talking about grape preserves.
Other than making them myself, where do you find any in a store?
** If you do not know the difference between jelly and preserve, you can read about it here.
- In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice. Jelly has the
smoothest consistency and is usually clear.- In jam, the fruit comes in
the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit. This makes jam less stiff
than jelly.- In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a
gel or syrup. Preserves will have more fruit in them than jam will.
Marmalade is a type of preserve with citrus fruits in it.
Best Answer
It could also possibly be because the modern varieties of grapes commercially grown for eating do not make a good jelly or jam.
Having made jam with a variety of grapes I have found that most of the grapes we buy as table grapes make a fairly ordinary jam whereas if you can get hold of older cultivars, grape jam/jelly is an amazing preserve.