It seems I’ve been negligent in posting my thoughts and views regarding this crazy aging process I am experiencing.  I became 85 years this December. What it is, is I’m busy trying to survive (including rest time), that I forget to pass on to you, my precious readers, some of the good things I have discovered as I age. One discovery is I LOVE frozen grapes. When I am feeling up or down in the dumps, I find I can crunch on a few frozen grapes, and it seems to satisfy a number of senses. I’ve found over the years that I prefer foods that crunch. It’s totally satisfying that pop when eating a layer that leads to that mini explosion in my mouth. That’s a food experience that I enjoy in thin crackers, cookies and of course potato chips. Well, frozen grapes fit that category in spades and are a better food selection or me. Here’s how I prepare them:

• Purchase a few pounds of fresh tightly clustered, firm red, green or black grapes from the fresh produce
• Place grapes in a sieve-like bowl and wash grapes while on vine.
• Remove grapes from vine into sieve bowl
• Wash separated grapes again under cool running water.
• Place washed grapes in gallon freezer bag
• Lay grape filled bags as flat as possible in freezer.
• After freezing grape filled bag can be placed in freezer door or anywhere in freezer that is easily accessible.

I eat the grapes as a snack, as a dessert when craving something sweet and any time when craving something to make me feel better.

Try them. I think you may love them.