muscadine syrup

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Originally Posted by sailfish1

i have tossed around the vineyard idea for a few yrs. now and we are getting to the point that we are ready to give it a try. maybe try and grow 4 or 5 different varieties and go from there. we have around 25-30 mature plants in the woods we tied flagging tape around and are going to replant on the trellaces when they lose their leaves. around here alot of the wineries buy their fruit instead of growing it anymore

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SOUNDS like a great plan SF....if I lived closer I would take some of them off your hands for sure...The only way I have ever had them was fresh but I would love to have some to try for jelly. I have never ate anything in the grape line that tastes like a DINE....lol.

Sailfish I posted earlier about my trip to Mossel MS. to pick muscadines, well I just remembered I took a couple of pictures. The first two are of a row of vines. I was standing about the half way point on that row and took a shot first one way and then turned around an took a shot facing the other way. I figure that row is no shorter that 500' long and I think there are 27 rows like that. The next shots are of the muscadines themselves.

I know this post was of muscadines but I also posted the last picture which is of my last two figs that I had put up last year. Didn't have any to put up this year. We put them up whole cooked gently in a sugar syrup for an hour. We put the still whole figs in jars and pour the syrup on top to fill the jar. When the figs are all eaten the fig syrup is left to enjoy just a little more.

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looks great!

those pics look very pretty

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Originally Posted by sailfish1

those pics look very pretty

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I agree with sailfish...those pics are pretty...but if the syrup is any better than this jelly is a man would have to tie his shoe strings together to keep from dancin' all over the house...lol....Good Fishin'...cause this jelly is GOOD!!!

i am so glad you liked grousefly

Hey Sail,
Any idea where I can get a LARGE quantity of these when they get ripe this year? I got some friends that are interested in a BIG BATCH after they got ahold of some at the fruit stand this past year. ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated........Good Fishin'....GF

We planted our first vines this fall and we're excited and impatient to watch them grow.

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Crappie Stalker

We planted our first vines this fall and we're excited and impatient to watch them grow.

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Let me know if you have any extra...lol...Im in the market for a bunch...lol.

We have some vines out in the back yard that produces about 5 gals. a season. We have the scuppernogs (gold) and purple. The golden ones produce the bigger fruit. For you diabetics , my wife makes jelly and adds splenda instead of sugar. When i want syrup i just put some jelly in a bowl and pop it in the microwave. I dont eat much of it but it sure is good.Also we make wine its pretty good. We dont even drink just make it and give it away,ita a hobby.