Musca-who? Scupper-what?
That's what I was thinking when one of my Southern cousins posted on Facebook last night that she had gallons and gallons of muscadines to give away.
Gotta love Google, within minutes I learned that a muscadine is a grape native to the Southern United States (while many grapes are"local", few are"native", having been brought to our continent by Europeans who apparently feared a New World without wine).
Scuppernongs are a type of muscadine that are bronze in color.
Southerners, take note: muscadines and scuppernongs contain more resveratrol than any other variety of grape! Resveratrol is an extremely powerful antioxidant that many people pay a pretty penny for if they don't have the luxury of having gallons and gallons growing in their yard. In addition, they are the only grape that contains ellaic acid, another powerful antioxidant.
I'd be throwing a handful into my morning smoothie as long as I had them to use…but for the more adventurous types, I found some fun and healthy recipes to try. They had me wishing I had a few gallons to work with myself!
Roast Carrot Salad with Muscadine Vinaigrette
Southern Peach Scuppernong Salsa (I bet this would go great with grilled catfish!)
If eating native, local, and healthy, tastes like this…I'm sold on it!
http://www.muscadinenaturals.com/muscadine_grape.htm