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The Zante currant is one of the oldest known raisins. The first written record of the grape was made in 75 AD by Pliny the Elder, who described a tiny, juicy, thin-skinned grape with small bunches. [6] The next mention is a millennium later, when the raisins became a subject of trade between Venetian merchants and Greek producers from Ionian ...
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis .
A raisin in French is called raisin sec ("dry grape"). A currant is a dried Zante Black Corinth grape, the name being a corruption of the French raisin de Corinthe (Corinth grape). The names of the black and red currant, now more usually blackcurrant and redcurrant, two berries unrelated to grapes, are derived from this use. Some other fruits ...
A particular variety of seedless grape, the Black Corinth, is also sun dried to produce Zante currants, which are much smaller than other vine fruit, darker in colour and have a tart, tangy flavour. Several varieties of raisins are produced in Asia and are only available at ethnic grocers. Green raisins are produced in Iran.
Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, ... sultanas, and currants. Grape leaves are used in the cuisine of many cultures.
Dee Broughton, a food writer and recipe developer says her love of strawberry jelly came from the grape jelly overkill she experienced as a child."Growing up, my family only bought grape jelly, so ...
California seedless grape raisins (left) and California Zante currants (right), along with a metric ruler for scale Raisin varieties depend on the types of grapes used and appear in a variety of sizes and colors, including green, black, brown, purple, blue, and yellow.
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