The value of the grape as a food is remarkable. This fruit is
especially good in cases of anæmia, and as a restorative in severe
illnesses. For this purpose the hot-house black grapes are the best.
Fresh Grape Juice.
By far the best juice is that which one gets from eating sound ripe
grapes, or from drinking the recently extracted juice from fresh
grapes. The many unfermented grape juice beverages on the market are
not so good as the fresh juice, because they have been sterilised to
enable them to keep. It is easy to extract the juice in its fresh state
by means of the Fruit Juice Press and it is best to include the stalks
when passing the fruit into the machine. If a press is not available
the grapes can be mashed and pulped by putting them into an ordinary
potato masher and collecting the juice as it runs from the wire meshes.
Grape Tea.
Add a wineglassful of either fresh or sterilised grape juice to a
tumblerful of hot water. Add lemon and some form of cooked cereal
(cornflour, oatmeal flour, etc.), if desired, for grape soup.