Grape
Strange that the grape is of no use in cookery, save in the form of raisins, wine, vinegar, and verjuice. In its natural condition it is nothing, save when an occasional grape appears in a Macedon or medley of fruits.
Every food on the Victorian table gets its history, its etymology and a strong opinion — the wittiest cookery book of 1877, written in secret by a Times leader-writer and named for London's most fashionable restaurant.
Strange that the grape is of no use in cookery, save in the form of raisins, wine, vinegar, and verjuice. In its natural condition it is nothing, save when an occasional grape appears in a Macedon or medley of fruits.