So I ordered some #Hawthorne jelly from the internet to see if I was missing something, and holy shit is this stuff delicious. It actually tastes like a light and fruity chocolate.
Now I need to see if I can recreate this from the berries I got through #UrbanForaging.
Okay, #Hawthorne berries have been a bit of a letdown in my #UrbanForaging journey, since while they are plentiful, they just kinda taste like bland apples, but harder to eat.
That being said, this tree over on 66th has had the best haws so far. Look at how they are so meaty that they all split their little skins.
I didn't realize that when the #HoneyLocust in our backyard was knocked down in the ice storm, we were also losing access to a ton of free beans!
I told my boss that I just started picking Chinese crab apples from the trees in my neighborhood, and she said that is her favorite and she ate so many of those as a child when food was scarce in soviet Ukraine.
Here's hoping that my #UrbanForaging will remain a hobby, and not become a necessity due to the #ImpendingEconomicCollapse.
These crabapples I found a few blocks down are delicious! I've heard that crabapples are not good tasting, so I wonder if these are better because they are Chinese crabapples.
Not sure how to avoid eating the seeds though since they are so small, so I just tried not to chew too hard.
I do not understand why folks would plant #HorseChestnuts as #StreetTrees. If we are going to have spikey projectiles falling on people's heads, could we at least choose the non-poisonous variety?
My boss asked me "what new skills do you think web developers will need in two years", which gave me an opportunity to tell her about my recent efforts to learn urban foraging and how to identify edible plants in my neighborhood.
Update, the #KousaDogwood fruit are delicious! However, I understand why people don't commonly eat them, considering the sweet flesh is sandwiched between a bitter skin and hard inedible pit.
However, they are absolutely perfect for mashing up and making into shrub (drinking vinegar that you can mix into carbonated water as flavoring). In fact, I just created my most delicious batch of shrub since #INNAJam announced they were closing and I started to mix my own.
@mikemccaffrey very cool. What do you use as the vinegar to add? (I assume you add some, rather than getting the fruit to turn into vinegar?)
I drink a lot of shrubs but have not yet tried making my own.
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