Muscadine Vines ~ Mr. Cason’s Vegetable Garden, Callaway Gardens, Georgia

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Off-Season.”

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Muscadine Vines ~ Mr. Cason’s Vegetable Garden, Callaway Gardens

Recipe for Making Muscadine Wine published in the Athens Herald, Athens, Georgia, 1853:

To one gallon of Muscadine juice, add three pounds of good sugar and a half pint of water. Let it remain open until done fermenting, then strain and cork it up.  It will be ready for use in a month or two.

2 Comments

  1. SpoonGood's avatar SpoonGood says:

    Thank you! I found it at the Library of Congress website, free database of historical newspapers.

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  2. I love the recipe as an accent to the photo.

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