Muscadine Wine

If anyone wants to try this, I’ll come and sample…................ :-)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

I don’t even know what a Muscadine is :D

-- Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.. shine on you crazy diamond

It’s a thick skinned grape. Grows in the hot humid south where northern grapes don’t do well.

You have to suck the juice out and spit out the seed and skin. Very sweet and juicy. Grows wild in many places.

-- Father of two boys. Both Eagle Scouts.

It took a while to figure this picture thing out, but here is a munsadine. It is a Southern wild grape that has a strong flavor. There are several different muscadine vines. They can be used for jellies, jams and juices. I use mine for wine. I like blackberry wine the best, but Yall from the North have heard of and know what a blackberry looks like.

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/muscadinegrape.html

-- Steve, Arkansas, Go Hogs Go

LSJ, I hope to correct you….......we have blackberries grow wild here. When my children were young we would pick pailfuls of blackberries and make them into juice, jams and jellies.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

That is fine, that is why I used the munsadine and not the blackberry. I know you have them up there. I am trying to expand your northern food experence. I am giong to post grits next.

-- Steve, Arkansas, Go Hogs Go

Keep expanding. I like your recipes. I am going to make your warning-labeled Jambalaya this week but I won’t be using Ro-tel tomatoes because I can’t find them in this here part of the world. I am hoping it will still be true to your recipe if I use regular tomatoes instead. And I hope you like your t-shirt. : )

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Good luck on the Jambalaya. I will post more info on the other post.

-- Steve, Arkansas, Go Hogs Go