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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
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suzanne
duncannon
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USA
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 Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 06:18:55 AM
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| We all are aware of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, but what are some of the more regional berries you have in your area? I was in NY last weekend and saw "gooseberries", about the size of a grape. Wonder what you do with them? |
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 09:44:26 AM
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You can make gooseberry pie,jelly,gooseberry crisp. They can be combined with other fruit when making pies.I have mixed them with apples before for a different pie or crisp. Depending on when they are picked they can be quite tart. I have some growing here that I planted and they were not as tart this year as they have been in the past.
You can do a search on the internet and I bet you would find a lot of recipes. Good luck !
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 09:46:22 AM
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Oh I forgot we have wild raspberries, blackberries,and a little ways away from me there are elderberries. I hope to get some of them this year.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 1:57:58 PM
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choke cherries make wonderful jams, syrups, wine and cordials.
here in interior alaska we have high bush and low bush cranberries, blueberries, chokecherries, rosehips, raspberries. those are just the ones i know and utilize. i am sure there are many more. i cant lay my hands on my book right at the moment. i will need to find it so i can take it with me hunting since we are going into an area i have never been in. its a place that i swear is called chicken! they couldnt spell ptarmigan so settled on chicken lol. peace connie in alaska |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
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Zan
New York
New York
USA
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 05:56:45 AM
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| Oh, you all are bringing back memories! There used to be an elderberry bush out by Dad's barn, we used to go over there and stand and eat them! I think it was destroyed to make room for the horses fencing...and currants! I forgot about them - when I was a kid one of my friends had currant bushes out behind their house, we used to eat them right off the bushes - no wonder we never went home for lunch! Between the berries and picking snap beans and peas rightout of the gardens to eat on our way... |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 06:54:45 AM
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We have a berry called a Marion. Marion berries are a cross between a boysen berry and I believe a raspberry. They are named for the county they were developed in - Marion county. They are wonderful as jam or in pie or cobbler. Another berry that alot of people don't talk about are Logans - this is a soft berry, kinda like a raspberry - they also make wonderful jam and juice.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 08:36:04 AM
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| I have heard of marionberries but I didn't know anything about them. Also the boysenberries, I've heard of them but don't know anything about them. when I was up in Victoria a few years ago we had pie that was ?bumbleberry? Is there really a berry called that or is it a combination of berries in the pie? Anyone know? |
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