My MIL gave us a bag of seeded grapes, out of the goodness of her heart. Obviously grape seeds are not poison, but does anyone swallow them? If so, am I supposed to chew them or swallow them whole?
I find the idea of eating around them daunting, but it seems like it would be unpleasant to do anything else.
Around here, when I was a kid, all grapes had seeds. These days, they’re all seedless.
I always just ate the seeds, no big deal. Never gave it a thought. I never had a grapevine growing out of my guts or anything.
Although I suppose that if you’re in the mood, you could spit them in the eye of annoying people.
I just crunch em up and eat em. I don’t care a whit, and it’s ungraceful and unladylike to spit them out, not to mention difficult. It’s not like a cherry pit, which is easy to remove.
This basically sez they are harmless and even have health benefits:
*Although not particularly tasty, whole grape seeds are completely edible, and scientific evidence suggests that they are good for you, too. Packed with essential fatty acids, amino acids, and powerful flavonoids (such as proanthocyanidins), these little bitter seeds have been associated with a whole slew of health benefits. Eating grape seeds on a regular basis may, for example, improve cardiovascular health, reduce leg swelling and varicose veins, provide some protection against certain types of cancer, offer weight loss benefits, treat depression, and even fight yeast infections caused by Candida.
In addition, thanks to their remarkably strong antioxidant properties, grape seeds might (at least in theory) help fight certain skin conditions – such as inflammatory acne, psoriasis, and premature wrinkling of the skin – and some more serious health complications such as asthma, joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients, and problems related to eye health.
To reap the nutritional and health benefits of grape seeds described in detail in the rest of this article, there’s no need to resort to grape seed supplements. Just get some fresh, organic grapes (make sure you don’t get a ‘seedless’ variety), and snack on them. You’ll also want to chew the seeds, rather than just swallow them whole, in order to unlock their full nutritional potential.
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As I find everybody annoying, this is what I do.
Spent 3 weeks in the hospital last time I had seeded grapes in public.
The seeds tend to be in the middle. When I don’t want to eat them, I bite the grape almost in half, and eat that. Then I scoop out the seeds with my teeth and spit them in the trash. Then I eat the other half.
Surely whomever you have peeling them for you can seed them while they’re at it.
My people! Yes, this, exactly.
(Of course, I also eat apples, core, seeds, and all…and lemons, rind and all…and watermelon rind…and cantaloupe rind…and peanut shells…and I swallow cherry pits, too.)
I just eat the seed with the grape. I also eat pears and apples from the bottom up, consuming the core and seeds as I go - from the bottom, the core just comes apart as you bite it and it’s barely noticed.
Take the time to remove and collect the seeds.
Return them to your MIL with a note saying, “Thanks!”.
Got here some garnacha, moscatel and malvasía to share, my brother grows them. You guys prefer black or white?
I usually just swallow the seeds, removing them seems like an absurd amount of work. Then again I also don’t understand people who peel grapes.
On second thought, save and dry the seeds then surreptitiously add them to your MIL’s Grape Nuts cereal.
Ok now you’re getting into the terrain of the weird. I don’t eat any of those, except of course the apples.
Oh, don’t be silly.
You’re supposed to have separate servants for those things. What are you, working class?