Juicing Grapes ~ Preserving Grapes ~ Healthy Grape juice ~ Grape Juice Tutorial

Hi guys, so today I'm juicing grapes and I thought I'd film the process, make a short video of it, and just throw it in between my usual videos. Figured some of you might be interested in seeing how I go about to do it. Not that there's not other ways of, you know, juicing grapes, but this is my process. First of all, I have this amazing juicer slash steamer that I use. Maybe some of you are familiar with this, but we bought it years ago. In fact, three of us families went together to purchase it. It was my sister and her family and one of the neighbors and us, and it is a pretty big investment. It cost $108.89 back in the day and we figured it's something that you don't use a whole lot, so why not just go together and buy one and then pass it around as one of us needs it, which has worked awesome over the years and it makes juicing so much easier. Surprisingly, I found the exact same juicer on Amazon, so I'll put the link down below in the description box in case you're looking for something like this. The price did go up just a bit, but it's worth it if you ask me. It's such an amazing thing to use if you want to do any sort of juicing. Yesterday, we were to John's parents' place and they had some grapes there and insisted we take as many as we want. They said they won't get around to clipping them off, so we kind of helped ourselves. They're so good. I love the smell of grapes and also the taste of them. The first thing to do is basically just wash them, make sure there's not any bugs or worms on them. One of my worst fears. And then you just fill the strainer part with the grapes, add some water to the bottom part, and each batch is supposed to steam for an hour. It sounds like a lot of time, but I can always go do other things while they steam on the oven. So I wanted to show you kind of how this works. As you saw, there's water in the bottom, my juice is in the middle, and the grapes are on the top. And if I lift this off, you'll be able to see how it works. The steam will rise through that middle section, up into the grapes, and those will be juiced. And then the juice will run through the strainer and down into this container. And here's this handy little hose where you can actually just direct the juice right into the jars. The only thing to kind of keep an eye on is to make sure your water reservoir doesn't run out of water. But normally, since you're just steaming the fruit for an hour, you're able to get enough in there that that won't happen. It's pretty amazing how this fruit looks after it's steamed. Definitely not the most appetizing. The waist apron that I'm wearing today is actually available on the Peddler's website. I just recently started wearing it and love it. It's not quite as hot as a chef's apron would be. Such a handy thing to be wearing here in the kitchen. Just an easy place to, you know, quickly wipe your hands on and protect your clothing. And then the t-shirt also is available on the Peddler's website. Such a pretty fall color. I'm using the hot water bath method to preserve this grape juice, but I realized the better option would be to get a pressure cooker. So just do your own research if you want to do something like this. So far this has always worked for me, but I realize, again, the better option would be to go with the pressure cooker. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I know it was rather short, but hopefully you got something out of it. Gotta say this grape juice is so good. It's really refreshing. I like it with a bunch of ice. It's kind of, you know, watered down some. I know some people would probably dilute it, but I like it with the grapey taste that it is and I don't add any sugar or anything. I know grape juice is really healthy for you, which I'm sure you guys are aware of that. It's really high in antioxidants. It's really good for your heart health. And I'm really impressed because my boys love it. So that's one healthy thing that I can get into them. As always, I hope your day is going great. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one.