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Storm......Glad your having fun with your steamer...Your going to enjoy it and hope your wines turn out awesome.....Keep us Posted. Edited by: Northern Winos
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Waldo,
The muscadine are just ripening there? Ours are all done & we're not that far south of you. In fact, most of the crop here dropped in early July - still green; I suspect all the rain had something to do with it. These are all wild muscadine. Like you, the cultivated variety I've planted are too young to produce (those I managed to move before the orchard/vinery was destroyed).
Anyway, I managed to get about 12 #s from one tree over two days. None of the others had any worth picking up. I'll have to buy some from an orchard this year.
The muscadine are just ripening there? Ours are all done & we're not that far south of you. In fact, most of the crop here dropped in early July - still green; I suspect all the rain had something to do with it. These are all wild muscadine. Like you, the cultivated variety I've planted are too young to produce (those I managed to move before the orchard/vinery was destroyed).
Anyway, I managed to get about 12 #s from one tree over two days. None of the others had any worth picking up. I'll have to buy some from an orchard this year.
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Waldo said:
I hope to see some early morning photos of you and your family picking them again this year....hint...hint!!!
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bj4271 said:
bj.....so sad to have your orchard destroyed like that....Have you replanted yet??? Or...will you wait till fall or early spring????
NW,
With the Louisiana heavy clay soil, I can't replant until late fall. Right now I can swing a pick into the ground, out in the sun,& it would bounce back at me. I managed to dig up 2 small apples trees & 2 mulberry that hadn't been buried. I'll try to keep them alive over the summer in 25 gal pots.
The 2 muscadine I moved before they buried the orchard are pretty dried out so I planted themand am keeping the soaker hose going, but don't expect them to make it.
With the Louisiana heavy clay soil, I can't replant until late fall. Right now I can swing a pick into the ground, out in the sun,& it would bounce back at me. I managed to dig up 2 small apples trees & 2 mulberry that hadn't been buried. I'll try to keep them alive over the summer in 25 gal pots.
The 2 muscadine I moved before they buried the orchard are pretty dried out so I planted themand am keeping the soaker hose going, but don't expect them to make it.
Waldo, I'd love to spend the summer preparing the new orchard site but I have to wait until a tenant moves the trailer we're giving him out. The only way to get it out is drag it through the new orchard site. So, I take the summer off from orchard work!
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Northern Winos said:
34 1/2 pounds of pears yield 7 quarts using the steam juicer.
Yep, the yield sounds a little low to me too. The friut was frozen in my deep freeze for a week, thawed, and quartered ( or smaller).
Don't know the variety, but the pears were ripe and falling from the tree when I gathered them.
Bruce:
I have steamed Muscadines and scuppernong but they have always had the stems removed. I have no first hand knowledge of that harms that leaving them on could cause, but I would think there would be some type of bitter taste imparted in the juice, due to also steaming the stems with the fruit. I wouldn't do it.
I have steamed Muscadines and scuppernong but they have always had the stems removed. I have no first hand knowledge of that harms that leaving them on could cause, but I would think there would be some type of bitter taste imparted in the juice, due to also steaming the stems with the fruit. I wouldn't do it.
Other than gutt feeling, and not wanting to chance spoiling a good (and expensive) grape, I just remove them.
Now I see NW steaming crabapples with the stems on, so what would be the difference??????? Dunno.
NW: Have you ever tried removing the stems to see if the flavor changes??
Now I see NW steaming crabapples with the stems on, so what would be the difference??????? Dunno.
NW: Have you ever tried removing the stems to see if the flavor changes??
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I have pulled the stems from the crabs and regular apples, what a PITA....and really don't notice any difference....the seeds are in there too and some say the seeds if squished give off bad tastes....so who knows....?
I once steamed some grapes with the stems on, felt that it was a waste of space in the steamer, so now I remove the grapes from the stems and load it up. As for taste...?...didn't notice...it was breakfast juice at that time.
If you have lots to do...then maybe do a taste test for yourself.
I once steamed some grapes with the stems on, felt that it was a waste of space in the steamer, so now I remove the grapes from the stems and load it up. As for taste...?...didn't notice...it was breakfast juice at that time.
If you have lots to do...then maybe do a taste test for yourself.
