Grape Pies

[rbandrews]

Apples. Blueberries. Cherries. All these fruits have pies associated with them, but not grapes. Nobody makes grape pies. Why not?

Comments

[wyrdone.livejournal.com]

I've seen mini-grape pies. They were okay but nothing to write home about. More like a grape tart than pie.

But mostly grapes have way too much liquid content and the skins & seeds are bitter if cooked. (Skins are removed when making grape jelly)

[uilos.livejournal.com]

Like Dave says, water content too high. Nobody makes watermelon pies either.

[wyrdone.livejournal.com]

My mother makes a meat pie using pickled water melon rind (tastes like a sweeter version of a gerkhin pickle with out the "pickle" taste).

*reminds self to swipe a jar or two next time I go visit her*

[rbandrews]

Do they really have a higher water content than cherries?

[uilos.livejournal.com]

My intuition tells me yes, but Google can't seem to come up with an answer for me.

If you really want to find out, get/borrow a dehydrator (I think Patrick actually has one), weigh out equal amounts of cherry and grape, dehydrate until dry, and reweigh to check for water loss.