Although the cranberries in yesterday’s post weren’t ready, these were: wild raspberries!! The raspberry-eating-munchkin in the photo below made it difficult to linger and pick, otherwise I would have LOVED to leave with a bucket of them. Instead, we mashed handfuls of them into our faces. I would have thought this would be too late for raspberries, as the garden … Read More
Not Ready Yet – High Bush Cranberries
The highbush cranberries in the shot are clearly not ready yet – but I had to go take a look today to see what the yield would look like this year. Looks like it will be a decent year, and I can fulfill my need – scratch that – greed, for copious amounts of the berries in my new large … Read More
I missed you: Moose with Mashed Garden Veg and Saskatoon
My waterskiing background has long made me a huge fan of summer, and a significant hater of anything non-summer. But if there’s one thing that’s a good reason to not like summer, this dish is it. Our hot weather streak finally broke, and having many burners firing is no longer banned – in fact it’s a comforting thing. After a … Read More
Wild High-bush Cranberry Jelly – New School
Back in mid-September we were picking high-bush cranberries, as you may recall. We could have easily picked 10 times the amount, but I’ve become cautious about overdoing anything in the fall, as I tend to get over-ambitious, then get seriously tired of all the foraging, garden harvest, hunting, butchering, cleaning, packing, freezing, etc. I’m starting to choose my battles. But … Read More
Wild High-bush Cranberries
My wife and I walk in a nearby ravine throughout the seasons. In August we noticed a serious yield of high-bush cranberries coming. Every few days, I’d check the ripeness. Waiting. And today, quite a few of the trees are in really perfect shape. We picked almost 6 lbs in about a half hour, and there’s easily 10 times that … Read More
Wild Blueberry Swirl Gelato
While picking wild blueberries, all I could think about was cooking them down and eating them with ice cream. And that time has come. Sort of. Although ‘warm wild blueberry compote on home-made vanilla ice cream’ would likely be my first choice, it somehow seemed…safe and predictable. Although now that I write it down, it does sound pretty dang good. … Read More
Food-skatchewan, Part II
This morning, before returning home, we made a quick stop at the neighbor’s place to pick up some more eggs. My dad started supplying me with them a couple weeks ago, grabbing some on his way back from his frequent visits. So I’ve been eating an awful lot of their eggs lately, and taking some photos of where they came … Read More
Food-skatchewan
When I left yesterday I had no idea I’d be on a ‘foodie trip’. Apparently I have a talent for making everything about me food. The long drive here was interrupted frequently for baby-maintenance-stops. On one of those stops, I got out and was looking at the interesting plants growing in the ditch. Some holly-looking-ground-cover-thingers. And then I noticed these: … Read More
Wild Chokecherries
As I’ve previously mentioned, the abundance of deep fried fish, wine, and ice cream has required I get some exercise. So we’ve been walking again. On today’s walk, I threw a bucket onto my little one’s stroller, and picked some chokecherries. A little under ripe, I admit. But this year seems to be a bumper crop of wild berries. I … Read More