Re: Jam

Jim, if you squeeze the muscadines the pulp just pops out. That's how I've been eating them forever. My friend's mother used to make a pie out of the skins. I love muscadines, but your tongue will get very sore if you eat too many of them.
zem
zone 7
West, TN
(where muscadines grow wild)
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jam


Don't know if you're familiar with muscadine grapes, Bonny, but they are big berries [size of a jawbreaker], borne individually on the vine, not in bunches. While their flavor is reminiscent of northern slip-skin grapes, their hide is firmly attached--virtually impossible to peel. The skin is also adheres to the pulp and is tough--like the upper leather in an pair of expensive Italian shoes. The easiest, and quickest, way to deal with them is to seed them then puree them in the food processor.

On Sep 5, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:

Mom never seeded her grapes first. After she cooked them, she ran them
through a cone shape colander with a wooden paddle of sorts and pushed the
pulp through san seeds. Making jelly is a fun family activity too.

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:40 PM
To: Garden Chat
Subject: [CHAT] Jam

Besides hunting down a car this weekend, we made a batch of grape jam with a
gallon of muscadine grapes we rescued from a road-side vendor.
It turned out surprisingly good. The only tedious part was seeding the
grapes, but even that wasn't too bad. This adventure has inspired Ms Fatma
to want to try making beautyberry jelly. Anyone ever done that?
I've got a couple of recipes from the Florida native plant society that look
interesting but definitely labor intensive.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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