Comments on: The Evening Walk

By: Judy Z

Judy Z — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:50:52 +0000

PS. I love that you use a basket for your picking.

By: Judy Z

Judy Z — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:47:32 +0000

Regrettably I paid to pick Saskatoons out in the country near my place of work. (only eight dollars a pail which I think is much cheaper than elsewhere but not as cost effective as your methods. They also tell you to eat as much as you want while picking) Of interest though is that the berries were no where near as good and juicy as in previous years so they required much more cautious picking and searching. The farmers theory is that because there was so much rain the berries filled out too much and then when it warmed up they just shrivelled. They were planning to shut down as not wanting to have dissatisfied customers.
I have the theory that Saskatoon wine would be wonderful but I like eating them too much to sacrifice them to wine.

By: A Canadian Foodie

A Canadian Foodie — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:51:25 +0000

I understand how you feel. I was absolutely exhilarated when after my meeting at the Selkirk Hotel at Fort Ed Wed am I came across a TON of Saskatoons… and I could not leave until I had every single one I could possibly reach all along that road. Came home with a BIG bucket of wild Saskatoons (much smaller than those in my back yard, on average, through there were some HUGE ones). And, MOST of them were withered and sundried when I got the branch down to me. Still tasty though, but sad to see them not tended to! This will not happen next year!
:)
V

By: The Kitchen Magpie

The Kitchen Magpie — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:26:03 +0000

Despite the fact I am pretty sure you totally stalked me yesterday ;) I am glad you found berries! There are more than enough to share and I kindly left the mushrooms for you, nice of me, eh?

I don’t buy the time making your food more costly. Getting my kids out there for an hour or two roaming like the wild feral creatures they truly are is priceless. They can- right in the middle of a city- feel like they are plunked into the wilderness, help their mom pick berries, eat until their faces are purple with berry stains, throw rocks in the river and generally be more active than 98% of their peers. You can pay for a summer camp counselor to do that with them, or we can get off our lazy duffs and do it ourselves.

Oh wait, or I COULD pay someone to watch them and then go to the gym.

Sarcasm aside, I am off to STILL clean the berries I picked yesterday. Sigh. THERE’S the problem with child labor! Pounds of stick, leaves, bugs and good/bad berries to sort out. Perhaps not so priceless ;)

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:30:09 +0000

Yeah, it’s very rewarding to train your eyes to recognize new things in a previously indistinguishable collage. And then to eat some of those things.