Berry Question

Latest Articles

Berry Question
Page Previous 1, 2

Downsizer Forum Index -> Foraging

Author

Message

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 11:08 am Post subject:
The leaves on the top one look like laurel - cherry laurel? I don't imagine they are edible - I would leave those well alone.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 11:17 am Post subject:
I would agree with Will and Judith and definitely not eat the laurel either. I think you are supposed to take care with the leaves (eg not burn them, and be careful if you shred them because of the spray ). The middle pic is really nice 2steps, Tahir might be after that for his tree article

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 11:50 am Post subject:
Top is indeed cherry laurel or such like. Really toxic. Middle is hawthorn, and bottom is a slightly out of focus rose. Nice pics. Hawthorn is edible, and some people live a jelly made from it. You can use it for wine too. Rose makes the second best syrup known to humanity

Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:14 pm Post subject:

2steps wrote:

why? what wrong with them or are there just other things taht look like them?

I meant take care googling "haws".

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45451
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:21 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

Tahir might be after that for his tree article

Well said that man, would be handy...

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:21 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

... Rose makes the second best syrup known to humanity

The first being ... ?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45451
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:22 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

cab wrote:

... Rose makes the second best syrup known to humanity

The first being ... ?

I'd say quince but I bet he's going to say something else

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:39 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

2steps wrote:

why? what wrong with them or are there just other things taht look like them?

I meant take care googling "haws".

ahh I see now

Is it's ok pick and eat the hawthorn? what would it be used in?

tahir, course you can use the photo

would you like the original, much larger file?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45451
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:44 pm Post subject:

2steps wrote:

would you like the original, much larger file?

please, could you email it to me?

Anybody else that has piccies of native(ish) trees and their fruits is also welcome to post or email them.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:53 pm Post subject:
no problem. it's 1600x1200 pixels. I also have a clearer rose hip one. I just need your address

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45451
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 12:54 pm Post subject:
There's an email button in every post I make, clicking on it should do the trick. Rosehips would be good (anything else really)

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 2:39 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

JB wrote:

cab wrote:

... Rose makes the second best syrup known to humanity

The first being ... ?

I'd say quince but I bet he's going to say something else

Correct

Pear is my favourite.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 2:41 pm Post subject:

2steps wrote:

Is it's ok pick and eat the hawthorn? what would it be used in?

You can make a jelly with it, or cook it down and strain it, adding the pulp to a hedgerow jam or jelly, or you can make wine with them. You can suck/nibble the flesh off the berries, but there's quite a stone in there, and there's not a lot to the berries when raw. They're not desperately special when cooked either.

But that said, there's a hell of a lot of them; some people speak very highly of hawthorn berry wine.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 3:10 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

There's an email button in every post I make, clicking on it should do the trick. Rosehips would be good (anything else really)

the button isn't there. there is www, profile and pm

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45451
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 05 3:20 pm Post subject:

2steps wrote:

tahir wrote:

There's an email button in every post I make, clicking on it should do the trick. Rosehips would be good (anything else really)

the button isn't there. there is www, profile and pm

That's strange, OK it's tahir at downsizer.net

	Downsizer Forum Index -> Foraging	All times are GMT Page Previous 1, 2
Page 2 of 2

View Latest Posts