Comments on: Grape Vines

By: Mokongbugoy

Mokongbugoy — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:13:50 +0000

Whoa, grape leaves! I encountered a recipe for Dolmas a little while back, but didn’t even consider trying it out since I thought it would be impossible to find grape leaves here. Now I can! Yipee!

By: romulo de jesus jr

romulo de jesus jr — Fri, 18 May 2007 11:10:46 +0000

hello,i had a gravepine who bore red grapes,i usually sold it for 5opesos

By: tulip

tulip — Sat, 12 May 2007 14:18:18 +0000

I just got several kilos of green grapes from Ilocos region at Php 30 per kilo. It is a little less sour than the imported green grapes and not too sweet. Generally, it is ok and definitely have improved from a too sour grapes grown locally several years ago.

By: wil-b cariaga

wil-b cariaga — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:38:50 +0000

that was cheap. . . and yeah me too im more interested on the leaves, although I’ve never cooked with it before. . .

By: Micht

Micht — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:14:40 +0000

Hi MM, we had a grape plant in our house in Pampanga unfortunately it died because of Mt. Pinatubo. The plant was brought by my dad from their farm in Saudi. Their company grew flowers, orchids and friut bearing trees & plants.

Nice pics. =)

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:51:39 +0000

Lovely pictures! The white background brings out the varying shades of green of the grape leaves. Clean, crisp lines and great composition. Just had to comment on it. Nice, MM!

By: consol

consol — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:23:55 +0000

Oh MM,your story of the grapevine in your yard made me recall that in my Mama’s backyard, there used to be a scraggly, scrawny grape vine that struggled to exist. The leaves were pretty, and I remember that the vine bore fruit only once: a pitiful tiny bunch that were tart, as you said. This obviously isn’t the right climate and soil for this plant. But one of my fantasies is to have a backyard garden and orchard complete with (yup) luxuriant grapevines heavy with dark black grapes. (*sigh*)

Hope you and your family have a great, fantastic vacation and we your legion of readers look forward to your posts about the trip.

By: mauig

mauig — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:57:53 +0000

Did someone say “stuffed grape leaves”?

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:05:25 +0000

Grow them for aesthetic charm. The cut leaves can survive our weather without water for almost a day so they are great on fruit, cheese and roast meat platters or perhaps in flower and fruit arrangements too like ivy! Or the wilted ones to wrap kesong puti for another level of flavor and soak the wrapped cheese in oil?