what are scuppernongs
This is the season for muscadines, the wild grape native to the American Southeast. They are in season during September and October, and so just when you think you can't bear the heat for one more week in Florida or Georgia, these bronze and purple globes show up at the produce market bearing the promise of fall. Muscadines are only partially related to more domesticated grapes. They're wild and they taste like it. The inner flesh is rich and thick, with an intense sweetness like a Concord grape, and they have tough spicy skins that taste like plums. Scuppernongs are a specific type of muscadine, usually bronze or green, and they are slightly less sweet than the purple variety.